Sectoral Systems of Innovation – Part II

Part II

This project is a continuation of part I one of the project on sectoral systems of innovation in Tanzania that endeavored to map out systems of innovation in three sectors of the Tanzanian economy, namely agriculture, industry and health. This project is led by Bitrina Diyamett and involves 4 senior researchers and 2 part time junior researchers. The overall objective of the whole project (Part I&II) is to identify constraints that are inhibiting a good performance of the three systems in terms of innovation outputs (new and improved products and processes). Given the problems identified in phase I regarding supply side factors the major objectives of the research in this part II are to examine the demand side of innovation in the three sectors. Phase II is designed to illuminate on the actual impact of the reviewed policies and activities of the supply side organizations on the inventiveness of the producers and service providers in the three reviewed sectors.