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• Making trans-disciplinary science work for resource-poor farmers
  2007, Rِling, Niels and Jiggins, Janice Conference proceeding/ paper

  A more demand-driven approach to agriculture is needed if farming is viewed not just as...

  Subject :

  Rural Innovation Systems
  

• Market-oriented advisory services in Asia : a review and lessons learned
  2011, Kahan, David E-Book/ E-Book Chapter

  This publication presents the findings of a regional study on design and delivery of market-oriented...

  Subject :

  Rural Innovation Systems
  

• MEAS : Modernizing extension and advisory services
  2011-, Other

  The objective for MEAS is to define and disseminate good practices for establishing efficient, effective...

  Subject :

  Rural Innovation Systems
  

• Measuring agricultural innovation system : properties and performance : illustrations from Ethiopia and Vietnam
  2009, Spielman, David J. and Kelemework, Dawit Other

  This paper provides a “proof of concept” that innovativeness in developing-country agriculture can be measured...

  Subject :

  Rural Innovation Systems
  

• Methods for planning effective linkages
  2001, Peterson, Warren E-article

  A four-step approach to improving linkages between major institutional actors in agricultural knowledge and information...

  Subject :

  Rural Innovation Systems
  

• Millennium project
  cop. 2006-, Other

  The Millennium Project is headed by Jeffrey Sachs. In 2005, it presented a concrete plan...

  Subject :

  Rural Innovation Systems
  

• Missing the target : lessons from enabling innovation in South Asia
  2011, Sulaiman V., Rasheed and Hall, Andy and Vamsidhar Reddy, T.S. E-article

  The Research Into Use (RIU) programme in Asia missed its target, as it failed to...

  Subject :

  Rural Innovation Systems
  

• Mobilizing the potential of rural and agricultural extension
  2010, Christoplos, Ian E-Book/ E-Book Chapter

  This paper presents the case for a relationship between agricultural research and extension which recognizes...

  Subject :

  Rural Innovation Systems
  

• Modeling agricultural innovation in a rapidly developing country : the case of Chinese pesticide industry
  2011, Shi, Guanming and Pray, Carl Conference proceeding/ paper

  The authors investigated how policy and market factors influence decisions on innovation, using pesticide innovation...

  Subject :

  Rural Innovation Systems
  

• More than climate change : pressures leading to innovation by pastoralists in Ethiopia and Niger
  2011, GebreMichael, Yohannes Conference proceeding/ paper

  A study into pastoralists? responses to climate change in Africa identified technical and institutional innovations...

  Subject :

  Rural Innovation Systems