| cop. 2013
- Author(s):
- Publisher: Royal tropical institute (KIT) [etc.]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural innovations, project evaluation, development strategies, africa
Research Into Use (RIU), a UK Department for International Development (DFID) funded program, explored different approaches for promoting innovation in agriculture. The Royal Tropical Institute studied a selection of projects from the RIU Africa portfolio (Rwanda, Nigeria, Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania).
| cop. 2012-
- Author(s):
- Publisher: Department for international development (DFID)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: development assistance, development research, data bases, project activities, research, agriculture, social justice, education, health, agricultural development, conflict, governance, united kingdom
R4D is a free access on-line portal containing the latest information about research funded by DFID, including details of current and past research in over 30,000 project and document records. Themes include agriculture, education, health, governance and conflict, food security, and social change.
| cop. 2012
- Author(s):
- Publisher: Heifer international
- Pages: --
- Keywords: farmers associations, livestock, agricultural innovations, asia
This Case Study and Facilitator’s Manual presents the experience of an Improved Goat Management Farmer Field School (FFS) in Nepal. A group of goat keepers participated in a yearlong FFS and discovered a set of practices for goat raising that resulted in tangible improvement in goat productivity.
| cop. 2011
- Author(s):
- Publisher: World bank. Agricultural and rural development (ARD)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural innovations, communication technology, information technology
The e-sourcebook provides practitioners with lessons learned, guiding principles, and hundreds of examples and case studies on applying information and communication technology (ICT) in agricultural innovation systems. The publication is to initiate further (and better) investment in the sector.
| cop. 2011
- Author(s):
- Publisher: Global forum on agricultural research (GFAR)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural research, international co-operation, development policy, developing countries
The Roadmap establishes a rolling process of reform and capacity development that aims to mobilize the full power of agricultural knowledge and innovation towards meeting agriculture/food-related development needs. It proposes a 6-point plan for transforming agricultural research for development.