Juma, Calestous | 2012
- Author(s): Juma, Calestous
- Publisher: Harvard Kennedy school. John F. Kennedy school of government
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural research, education, universities and colleges, africa
There is a need for a new generation of innovation-oriented universities that efficiently bring together agricultural research (AR), training, commercialization and extension. This paper calls for upgrading the training, extension, and commercialization functions of existing national AR institutes.
Juma, Calestous and Adeoti, John | 2011
- Author(s): Juma, Calestous and Adeoti, John
- Publisher: Oxford university press
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural innovations, agricultural policy, entrepreneurship, agricultural economics, science and technology policy, institutional infrastructure, development planning, africa
Filled with case studies from within Africa and success stories from developing nations around the world, The New Harvest outlines the policies and institutional changes necessary to promote agricultural innovation across the African continent.
Juma, Calestous and Lee, Yee-Cheong | 2005
- Author(s): Juma, Calestous and Lee, Yee-Cheong
- Publisher: Earthscan : for UNDP
- Pages: --
- Keywords: technological innovations, science and technology, science education, development strategies
Proposes practical steps for bringing science, technology, and innovation to bear on poverty alleviation and emphasizes the need to create space for policy experimentation and learning in developing countries.
Justice, Scott and Biggs, Stephen | 2004
- Author(s): Justice, Scott and Biggs, Stephen
- Publisher:
- Pages: 7--
- Keywords: agricultural mechanization, tractors, innovations, popular participation, evaluation, nepal
Current activities of CIMMYT coalition projects in Nepal include: surveying small-scale mechanization processes; assessing small group ownership of power tillers and their attachments; and the participatory technology development of new attachments.
Kaaria, S. | [ca. 2005]
- Author(s): Kaaria, S.
- Publisher: CIAT Colombia
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural research, popular participation, farmers associations, poverty alleviation, social development, capacity building, latin america, colombia
Examines the question whether participatory research makes research more pro-poor. Preliminary results show that there are significant social capital benefits for members of Local Agricultural Research Committees in Colombia.