@ARTICLE{10.21494/ISTE.OP.2017.0107, TITLE={Innovation Platforms as a Tool to Support Technological Change in Agri‐Chains. The case Study of Plantain Value Chain in Côte d’Ivoire}, AUTHOR={Euphrasie Angbo-Kouakou, Ludovic Temple, Syndhia Mathé, Alexandre Assemien, }, JOURNAL={Technology and Innovation}, VOLUME={2}, NUMBER={Issue 2}, YEAR={2017}, URL={http://openscience.fr/Innovation-Platforms-as-a-Tool-to-Support-Technological-Change-in-Agri-Chains}, DOI={10.21494/ISTE.OP.2017.0107}, ISSN={2399-8571}, ABSTRACT={Since 2011, innovation policies in the agri-chains of the Ivory Coast have been based on tools of technology transfer, known as “Innovation Platforms”, for the introduction of plants of improved varieties or of plant hybrids. This article focuses primarily on the implications of “Plantain Innovation Platforms” (PIPs) in the reorientation of local technologies choices and ultimately in food independence through improved domestic food supplies. We use the conceptual framework of Sectoral System of Innovation (SSI) to characterize the functioning of PIPs. We identify four components which structure this socio-technological innovations: a research component, a dissemination component, a value chain component and a financing component. Our results shows that PIPs help to structure the SSI by influencing the public policy decision process (research and innovation) in the selection of the introduced cultivars, the cultural practices and also the food preferences, integrating geographic diversity of recipients of these innovations. These policy changes involve considering the needs of local producers and consumers concerning the choice of plant material and providing new echnical choices. The future of these PIPs is thereby questioned.}}