Hook: what turns a lab idea into something farmers actually use.

Core contrasts: theory vs implementation, science vs strategy, R&D vs organization-wide value.

Objective, subjective, and construction models—and why shared meaning drives innovation.

Innovation platforms grow ideas; brokers link demand with suppliers and knowledge flow.

Internal strengths and weaknesses plus external opportunities and threats guide scale-up readiness.

From initiating a platform through testing, capacity, scale-up, and learning.

The AIS network brings knowledge into economic use; EAS assessment steers reform and investment.

Through-line: invention creates; systems, communication, and assessment turn ideas into impact.