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Honey bee network in Africa: co‐creating a grassroots innovation ecosystem in Africa   [1]

This paper presents a case study of the Honey Bee Network’s decentralized model for collecting,  verifying and disseminating grassroots innovations and provides a roadmap for its replication in Africa.  The Honey Bee Network brings together governmental and non‐governmental institutions, members  of academia, scholars and a large number of volunteers. Through the Network’s activities, locallydesigned solutions and traditional knowledge with the potential to be refined and scaled up are scouted and members of the Network work with the innovators to help their ideas reach their  commercial or non‐commercial potential. The Network has been involved in the sharing of grassroots  technology developed in India with Kenya, notably a food processing machine, seed sowing device,   and a small tractor. Through these pilot programs, actors at the grassroots had a chance to collaborate  and co design solutions adapted to the Kenyan context. This experience revealed a willingness in Kenya  to further invest in grassroots innovation initiatives, and Network members identified many conditions  that would make Kenya the right choice for an African network hub, such as a rich traditional  knowledge system and institutional willingness and recognition of the dynamism of the informal  sector. Lessons from the Network’s experience in Kenya and its technology transfer program are  collected and turned into recommendations for the development of a sister Network in Africa.  
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Publication Date: 
01/02/2019
Anil Gupta [3],   Chintan Shinde [4],  Anamika Dey [5], & et al [6]
Center for Development Research (ZEF) [7]
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Honey Bees [8], Finance [9], Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) [10], Africa [11], NGOs [12]
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National Knowledge Commission Government of India

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[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Honey Bee Network in Africa.pdf
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