Rajalahti, Riikka and Farley, Sara E. | cop. 2010
- Author(s): Rajalahti, Riikka and Farley, Sara E.
- Publisher: World bank
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural innovations, development strategies, development assistance, finance
This report synthesizes experience with the two main innovation funds that the World Bank has used to fund agricultural innovation - competitive research grants and matching grants - and offers lessons and guidelines for designing and implementing them.
Rajalahti, Riikka and Janssen, Willem and Pehu, Eija | cop. 2008
- Author(s): Rajalahti, Riikka and Janssen, Willem and Pehu, Eija
- Publisher: World bank
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural innovations, rural development, development strategies, development policy, development projects, world bank
This paper summarizes the findings of a 2007 workshop in which about 80 experts took stock of recent experiences with innovation systems in agriculture and reconsidered strategies for their future development.
Rajalahti, Riikka and Woelcke, Johannes and Pehu, Eija | cop. 2005
- Author(s): Rajalahti, Riikka and Woelcke, Johannes and Pehu, Eija
- Publisher: Washington, DC
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural research, decentralization in management, popular participation, farmers associations, development finance, technology transfer
One of the conclusions of this workshop was that a new concept on agricultural innovation systems is emerging in agricultural research, linking multiple sources of innovation and uptake pathways.
Ramaru, J. | 2004
- Author(s): Ramaru, J.
- Publisher: National agricultural research organisation (NARO)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural extension, popular participation, farmers, soil fertility, fertilizers, private sector, south africa
The Participatory Extension Approach for facilitating the process of linking smallholders with service providers enables farmers' experiential learning on how to address their problem of declining soil fertility.
Rath, Amitav and Barnett, Andrew | 2006
- Author(s): Rath, Amitav and Barnett, Andrew
- Publisher: Crop post-harvest research programme (CPHP)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: innovations, natural resources, sustainable development, development policy
Some of the lessons drawn from the Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy programme are that initial system diagnoses are crucial, and that poverty alleviation can be achieved by adequately functioning innovation systems.