Rural Innovation Systems

Linking collective action to non-timber forest product market for improved local livelihoods : challenges and opportunities

Komarudin, Heru and Siagian, Yuliana L. and Putu Oka, Ngakan | 2007
  • Author(s): Komarudin, Heru and Siagian, Yuliana L. and Putu Oka, Ngakan
  • Publisher: International food policy research institute (IFPRI) : for CGIAR systemwide program on collective action and property rights (CAPRi)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural innovations, agricultural product marketing, forest products, bamboo, small farms, small groups, market access, south east asia, indonesia
Describes challenges and opportunities for Indonesia's forestry decentralization and marketing of forest products such as bamboo, and the role of collective action in improving groups' access to government resources and markets.

Origin-based products : lessons for pro-poor market development

Kop, Petra van de and Sautier, Denis and Gerz, Astrid | cop. 2006
  • Author(s): Kop, Petra van de and Sautier, Denis and Gerz, Astrid
  • Publisher: Royal tropical institute. KIT development, policy and practice [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: local food production, agricultural product marketing, regional development, international trade, small farms, benin, peru, south africa, costa rica, france
The prospects of origin-based labelling for raising smallholder income are examined, using case studies of cassava, cheese, rooibos, and coffee from Benin Peru, South Africa, and Costa Rica, respectively.

International development cooperation & innovation promotion : a discussion paper

Koria, Mikko | 2010
  • Author(s): Koria, Mikko
  • Publisher: Aalto university school of information and technology. Innovation management institute (IMI)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: innovations, development strategies, development assistance
Two issues are addressed: whether the current practice of development cooperation is relevant to the promotion of innovation (systems) in developing countries; and, whether the current MFA (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) development instruments are suited to the promotion of innovation.

Rethinking the benchmarking of agricultural and rural innovation

Kraemer-Mbula, Erika | 2011
  • Author(s): Kraemer-Mbula, Erika
  • Publisher: Tshwane university of technology]. Institute for economic research on innovation (IERI)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural innovations, project evaluation, rural development
The author argues that a transition from simplistic to more dynamic forms of benchmarking needs to bring it closer to the contemporary understanding of processes of innovation and technological change, as a participatory process.

NetEc [communication of economics]

Krichel, Thomas | 1993-2006
  • Author(s): Krichel, Thomas
  • Publisher: Washington university. Department of economics [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: economics
NetEc provides access to electronic information and data on economic publications, including about 200,000 working papers and 240,000 journal articles at http://econpapers.repec.org.
 

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