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Rural Innovation Systems

Newsletter / Research into use (RIU)

| 2007- .
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Scriptoria
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  • Keywords: agricultural development, poverty alleviation, rural development, development strategies, agricultural research, technology transfer, innovations, africa, asia
This newsletter gives an overview of RIU activities geared at stimulating innovation systems to improve rural livelihoods in Africa and Asia. It contains calls for partnerships, project proposals and funding.

RIN : Rural innovations network

| 2007-
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  • Publisher: Rural innovations network (RIN)
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  • Keywords: rural development, innovations, indigenous knowledge, marketing, small enterprises, india
Rural Innovation Network (RIN) identifies and incubates grassroots innovations. RIN believes that many rural innovations can be successfully commercialized as micro-enterprises to the benefit of rural consumers.

The GFAR document repository

| 2007-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Global forum on agricultural research (GFAR)
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  • Keywords: agricultural research, information dissemination, internet, data bases, bibliographical services
The GFAR (Global Forum on Agricultural Research) Document Repository is a digital instrument used by the GFAR Secretariat to disseminate its digital collections of documents.

Pelican initiative : platform for evidence-based learning & communications for social change

| 2007-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Bellanet : with UNAIDS etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: social development, development aspects, information exchange, internet, human resources, innovations, co-operation between organizations, capacity building
A Dgroup that brings together development practitioners from different disciplines to enhance practical understanding of joint learning processes in development and to identify strategies to strengthen them.

IKD : innovation, knowledge and development

| 2007-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: The Open university
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: development strategies, innovations, research centres, sustainable development, social justice
The Centre for Innovation, Knowledge and Development (IKD) researches the dynamics between technology creation, diffusion, and various stakeholders, and the contribution of IKD to inclusive and sustainable patterns of development.
 

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This information portal provides access to selected free, full-text electronic documents on Rural Innovation Systems (RIS).