Geographical Indication (GI) options for Ethiopian Coffee and Ghanaian Cocoa

Innovation & Intellectual Property
Respondents’ top 10 benefits to the economy and
society from publicly funded research
Increase in stock of useful knowledge
available to firms and other users
Production of skilled graduates
and researchers
Enhancement of capacity for scientific and
technology problem-solving
Provision of social knowledge
Creation of new scientific instrumentation
(equipment) and methodologies
Development of networks and
stimulation of social interactions
Improved quality of life
Influencing the decision-making apparatus
of private and public enterprises
Reduction in environmental hazards through increased
knowledge and use of improved environmental management
Rise in living standards
76%
66%
58%
54%
49%
44%
43%
40%
37%
37%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Figure 15.9: Benefits to economy and society from publicly funded research
and researchers (66%); enhancement of capacity for scientific and technology
problem-solving (58%); provision of social knowledge (54%); improved quality
of life (43%); development of networks and stimulation of social interactions
(44%); influencing the decision-making apparatus of private and public enterprises
(40%); and improving living standards (37%).
Institutional roles
Research institutions in Botswana are expected to play a key role in ensuring
that IP policies encourage researchers to harness benefits from publicly funded
research. These roles include, but are not limited to: providing an enabling environment
for research; helping researchers patent the most promising concepts
and license the work to firms that commercialise them into new products and services;
and ensuring that important ideas generated from publicly funded research
enter the marketplace. Government policy expects research institutions to provide
funding to scale and commercialise ideas, business expertise to commercialise,
human capital to build start-up companies, and mentoring and educational
support for new entrepreneurs.
Table 15.9 shows respondents’ views regarding the role institutions should
play in generating benefits from publicly funded research. An overwhelming
majority of the respondents (92%) stated that their institutions should notify
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