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Abstract
Scaling-up local innovations in natural resource management (NRM) involves learning that is centred around three themes: promoting local-level innovation, understanding why local innovations work in specific contexts, and reflecting on their relevance in other geographical and social contexts. Successful scaling-up depends in part upon the relationships among multiple stakeholders at different levels around this learning. The experiences of researchers supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) provide insights into four questions: What is scaling-up? Why scale-up? What to scale-up? and How to scale-up? The authors propose that scaling-up is a multi-stakeholder process consisting of five components including: framing the context, promoting participation, fostering learning, strengthening institutions, and disseminating successful experiences. Key bottlenecks to scaling-up are the absence of open communication and the mutual recognition among stakeholders of each other's rights, responsibilities, and roles.
Notes
1. The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is a Crown corporation, established by an Act of Canadian parliament in 1970 with a mandate to initiate, encourage, support, and conduct research into the problems of the developing regions of the world and into the means for applying and adapting scientific, technical, and other knowledge to the economic and social advancement of those regions. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors, and do not necessarily represent the viewpoint of IDRC.
2. The Minga Programme Initiative is now part of a global research programme at IDRC entitled Rural Poverty and Environment (RPE). Findings and reports from Minga projects are available at http://www.idrc.ca/rpe.