Pomareda, Carlos and Hartwich, Frank | cop. 2006
- Author(s): Pomareda, Carlos and Hartwich, Frank
- Publisher: International food policy research institute (IFPRI)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural development, latin america
A revisit of the role the private sector can play in generating knowledge and technology for agricultural development. What functions do input providers, processors, and traders have in agricultural innovation?
Poole, Nigel and Buckley, Chris Penrose | 2006
- Author(s): Poole, Nigel and Buckley, Chris Penrose
- Publisher: International fund for agricultural development (IFAD)]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: rural development, development strategies, innovations, agricultural research, institution building, poverty alleviation
Innovative rural development practices, interventions, institutions, partnerships and processes to address new challenges in rural development are identified. Continued support for agricultural systems research and enterprise development will remain necessary.
Posthumus, Helena and Martin, Adrienne and Chancellor, Timothy | 2013
- Author(s): Posthumus, Helena and Martin, Adrienne and Chancellor, Timothy
- Publisher: University of London. Institute of education. Social science research unit. EPPI-centre
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural research, capacity building, project evaluation, developing countries, africa
The report reviews the evidence of impact of capacity strengthening on agricultural research for development in developing countries. It was commissioned by DFID as part of the documentation process of the project Strengthening Capacity for Agricultural Research for Development in Africa (SCARDA).
Pound, Barry | 1999
- Author(s): Pound, Barry
- Publisher: ODI
- Pages: 16--19
- Keywords: agricultural research, on-farm research, data collection, statistical methodology
Qualitative and quantitative methods can be complementary, particularly in complex natural resource management situations where a mixture of stakeholders, disciplines and conflicting agendas are involved.
Prasad, C. Shambu | [ca. 2004]
- Author(s): Prasad, C. Shambu
- Publisher: Centre for research on innovation and science policy (CRISP). Crop post harvest programme (CPHP)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: training programmes, rural development, management, innovations, development strategies, india
The activities that went into preparation of a course on innovation systems for second year rural management students at the Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB) in India are described.