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An innovation in agricultural science and technology extension system

Author : Yang, P., Jiao, X., Feng, D., Ramasamy, S., Zhang, H., Mroczek, Z., Zhang, W.
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9251338701
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book An innovation in agricultural science and technology extension system written by Yang, P., Jiao, X., Feng, D., Ramasamy, S., Zhang, H., Mroczek, Z., Zhang, W. and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2021-02-20 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food production worldwide is primarily carried out by smallholder farmers. Closing the gap between actual smallholder yield and those achievable through scientific research is vital to increasing the food availability and efficient use of inputs and natural resources. Multiple factors and constraints contribute to these production gaps, including uncoordinated linkages between education, research and extension. These linkages are often supply-driven and top-down, and unable to respond to the diversity of location-specific, locally-adaptive and multiple knowledge demands – as smallholders are a diverse group in terms of incomes, knowledge, perceptions and farming practices. In 2005, China Agricultural University (CAU) launched a pilot agricultural development project in partnership with Quzhou County in Hebei Province of China to work together to develop high-yielding technologies. In 2009, CAU professors and postgraduate students moved their research programs from the experimental station to the village, and rented a backyard, where they lived, worked and studied high-yielding technologies and responses from the farmers. Gradually, their backyard work attracted more farmers and encouraged their participation. The backyard thus became a science and technology dissemination platform in the local community. From then on, farmers, scientists and students referred to the project as the Science and Technology Backyard (STB). This publication was prepared as a case study report on the Science and Technology Backyard (STB).

Enhancing Agricultural Innovation

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821367404
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Enhancing Agricultural Innovation written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2006-11-03 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovation system can be defined as a network of organizations, enterprises, and individuals demanding and supplying knowledge and bringing it into a social and economic use. This book's primary aim, therefore, is to focus on the largely unexplored operational aspects of the innvoation systems concept and to explore its potential for agriculture. 'Enhancing Agricultural Innovation' evaluates real-world innovation systems and assesses the usefulness of the concept in guiding investments to support knowledge-intensive, sustainable agricultural development. A typology of innovation systems is developed; strategies to guide investments for strengthening innovation capacity are drawn up; and concrete interventions options defined. In its conclusions, the book emphasizes the importance of mechanisms for collaboration and interaction. Intermediary organizations, innovation councils, farmer organizations, and other means to strengthen collaboration are central to creating the exchange of knowledge and perspectives that will convert knowledge into valuable new social and economic products and services.

Knowledge Generation and Technical Change

Author : Steven Wolf
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461514991
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (615 download)

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Download or read book Knowledge Generation and Technical Change written by Steven Wolf and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowledge generation and transfer mechanisms are being transformed in important and controversial ways. Investment in research and development has increased in response to recognition that scientific productivity is tightly connected to economic dynamism. Patent protection has been expanded in order to stimulate higher levels of private investment. Intellectual property rights held by public organizations and researchers are now increasingly transferred to private organizations to accelerate the diffusion and enhance the value of knowledge produced by public agencies and universities. Additionally, new institutions such as university offices of technology transfer, venture capital markets, and a variety of consortia in knowledge-intensive industries are being established throughout the United States and in other parts of the world. These changes have led to a repositioning of the state in systems of innovation and an increase in the proprietary character of technical information. The purpose of this book is to review and analyze i) contemporary transitions in agricultural knowledge generation and extension arrangements from an empirical perspective, and ii) emerging and contradictory perspectives as to how knowledge systems can be assessed effectively. The authors aim to provide the reader with a better understanding of the implications of new biotechnologies and new intellectual property rights regimes on public-private relations in science, the extent to which benefits from scientific knowledge are being appropriated by private sector actors, the diversity and possible outcomes of privatization initiatives in extension, and prospects for public goods production and ecological sustainability given contemporary trends. The book presents contrasting views on the degree of complementarity and substitution between private and public sector investments in research and extension. Recognizing that the labels `public' and `private' are incomplete and at times misleading descriptions of the structure and function of coordinating bodies in social systems, the analyses highlight ways in which public and private spaces and modes of functioning combine. In addition to illustrating a broad range of analytic methodologies useful for studying organizational questions in knowledge systems, the authors identify the implications of a range of past and potential institutional innovations.

ICTs for Agricultural Extension

Author : R. Saravanan
Publisher : New India Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789380235240
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (352 download)

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Book Synopsis ICTs for Agricultural Extension by : R. Saravanan

Download or read book ICTs for Agricultural Extension written by R. Saravanan and published by New India Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an attempt to document the National Policy on ICTs in agricultural extension, ICT infrastructure scenario and related issues, case studies on innovative ICTs for agricultural extension initiatives (Village knowledge centres, information kiosks, mobile ICT units, web portals, digital data base and networks, rural tele centres, farmer call centres, mobile telephony, video conference, offline multimedia CDs, decision support systems, expert systems, innovative community radio and television programmes, open distance learning etc. The agricultural extension students, academicians, scientists, practitioners, administrators and policy makers will find this compilation of the "ICTs for Agricultural Extension: Global Experiments, Innovations and Experiences" from twenty eight countries relevant to providing a framework for the design and implementation of sustainable ICT-enabled extension services for the agricultural development.

Agricultural Extension

Author : Raj Saravanan
Publisher : New India Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9788189422967
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (229 download)

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Book Synopsis Agricultural Extension by : Raj Saravanan

Download or read book Agricultural Extension written by Raj Saravanan and published by New India Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agricultural extension is in a great transition worldwide. The demand for public extension reform is greater than ever before. The agriculture knowledge infrastructure is evolving in a big way with the emergence of pluralistic extension actors and innovations to cater the needs of the farmeThis book is an attempt to document the past experiences and recent developments in the agriculture knowledge information systems. The compilation of 14 country s such as; Afghanistan, Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, India, Iran, Mozambique, Nepal, Peru, Philippines, Trinidad and Tobago and Zimbabwe is intended to document the experience of extension systems. The fourteen country s highlight the worldwide agricultural extension reform measures (Decentralization, Privatization, Demand driven and Cost-recovery approaches), Institutional Pluralism (Public, Private, and NGOs) and Innovations (Farmer to Farmer extension, Participatory and Self-Help Group (SHG) approaches and ICT initiatives). The agricultural extension students, academicians, scientist, practitioners, administrators, and policy makers will find this compilation of extension experiences from the fourteen countries relevant for designing future reforms, advancing pluralistic extension system and also to integrating innovations in their extension approaches.

Agricultural Innovation Systems

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821386840
Total Pages : 685 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)

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Book Synopsis Agricultural Innovation Systems by : World Bank

Download or read book Agricultural Innovation Systems written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2012-02-21 with total page 685 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing the ability of agriculture to meet rising global demand and to respond to the changes and opportunities will require good policy, sustained investments, and innovation - not business as usual. Investments in public Research and Development, extension, education, and their links with one another have elicited high returns and pro-poor growth, but these investments alone will not elicit innovation at the pace or on the scale required by the intensifying and proliferating challenges confronting agriculture. Experience indicates that aside from a strong capacity in Research and Development, the ability to innovate is often related to collective action, coordination, the exchange of knowledge among diverse actors, the incentives and resources available to form partnerships and develop businesses, and conditions that make it possible for farmers or entrepreneurs to use the innovations. While consensus is developing about what is meant by 'innovation' and 'innovation system', no detailed blueprint exists for making agricultural innovation happen at a given time, in a given place, for a given result. The AIS approach that looks at these multiple conditions and relationships that promote innovation in agriculture, has however moved from a concept to a sub-discipline with principles of analysis and action. AIS investments must be specific to the context, responding to the stage of development in a particular country and agricultural sector, especially the AIS. This sourcebook contributes to identifying, designing, and implementing the investments, approaches, and complementary interventions that appear most likely to strengthen AIS and to promote agricultural innovation and equitable growth. It emphasizes the lessons learned, benefits and impacts, implementation issues, and prospects for replicating or expanding successful practices. The information in this sourcebook derives from approaches that have been tested at different scales in different contexts. It reflects the experiences and evolving understanding of numerous individuals and organizations concerned with agricultural innovation, including the World Bank. This information is targeted to the key operational staff in international and regional development agencies and national governments who design and implement lending projects and to the practitioners who design thematic programs and technical assistance packages. The sourcebook can also be an important resource for the research community and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).

Handbook on establishing and operating multi-actors agricultural innovation platforms

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9251382379
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Handbook on establishing and operating multi-actors agricultural innovation platforms written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2023-11-02 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multi-actor agricultural innovation platforms (MAIPs), as models for inclusive and collaborative innovation, are increasingly deployed in farmer communities to solve the last-mile bottleneck, namely, the empowerment of smallholder farmers and value chain actors to access innovation and services to drive field-level change. Facilitators play a critical role in establishing and operating MAIPs, stimulating interactions among MAIP actors and thereby supporting co-innovation and co-learning processes. They are usually specialized MAIP actors (e.g. researchers, extension agents, agricultural educationists, brokers, NGO activists, traders and processors). Qualified MAIP facilitators, as value chain intermediaries and coordinators, are required to have strong facilitation skills and relevant technical background. They are normally trained through training of MAIP facilitator courses or through the implementation of a MAIP. This handbook aims to support MAIP facilitators to establish and operate MAIPs. It summarizes the experience of the MAIPs in persimmon, hazelnut and honey value chains that FAO implemented as part of the European Union-funded project “Development of sustainable and inclusive local food systems in north-west region of Azerbaijan (GCP/AZE/014/EC)”, the “Tropical Agricultural Platform Agricultural Innovation System (TAP-AIS)” project implemented in Malawi, and the Science and Technology Backyard (STB) initiative led by the China Agricultural University (CAU). It also draws on the experience of the training course “Training of master trainers for establishing and operating Multi-actors Agricultural Innovation Platforms” co-organized by FAO and CAU on 11–15 July 2023.

Generation and Diffusion of Agricultural Innovations

Author : Iftikhar Ahmad
Publisher : Gower Publishing Company, Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Generation and Diffusion of Agricultural Innovations written by Iftikhar Ahmad and published by Gower Publishing Company, Limited. This book was released on 1988 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Getting Ready for the Twenty-first Century

Author : Charles H. Antholt
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780821325100
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (251 download)

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Book Synopsis Getting Ready for the Twenty-first Century by : Charles H. Antholt

Download or read book Getting Ready for the Twenty-first Century written by Charles H. Antholt and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The productivity growth of farming in Asian countries over the past few decades highlights the high returns on investments in agricultural research and extension made in the region. This publication examines the performance of agricultural research and extension programmes in Asia, including the World Bank's training and visit (TandV) system, the challenges they face, and ways of improving their relevance, responsiveness, and cost- effectiveness. Conclusions reached include the importance of raising agricultural productivity through new technology in order to promote long- term growth and poverty reduction, and the need for less intensive and more environmentally sound agricultural practices.

Technological and Institutional Innovations for Marginalized Smallholders in Agricultural Development

Author : Franz W. Gatzweiler
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319257188
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Book Synopsis Technological and Institutional Innovations for Marginalized Smallholders in Agricultural Development by : Franz W. Gatzweiler

Download or read book Technological and Institutional Innovations for Marginalized Smallholders in Agricultural Development written by Franz W. Gatzweiler and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-19 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of the book is to present contributions in theory, policy and practice to the science and policy of sustainable intensification by means of technological and institutional innovations in agriculture. The research insights re from Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The purpose of this book is to be a reference for students, scholars and practitioners inthe field of science and policy for understanding and identifying agricultural productivity growth potentials in marginalized areas.

Agricultural Innovation Systems

Author : The World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821389440
Total Pages : 685 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Agricultural Innovation Systems written by The World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2012-02-21 with total page 685 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing the ability of agriculture to meet rising global demand and to respond to the changes and opportunities will require good policy, sustained investments, and innovation - not business as usual. Investments in public Research and Development, extension, education, and their links with one another have elicited high returns and pro-poor growth, but these investments alone will not elicit innovation at the pace or on the scale required by the intensifying and proliferating challenges confronting agriculture. Experience indicates that aside from a strong capacity in Research and Development, the ability to innovate is often related to collective action, coordination, the exchange of knowledge among diverse actors, the incentives and resources available to form partnerships and develop businesses, and conditions that make it possible for farmers or entrepreneurs to use the innovations. While consensus is developing about what is meant by 'innovation' and 'innovation system', no detailed blueprint exists for making agricultural innovation happen at a given time, in a given place, for a given result. The AIS approach that looks at these multiple conditions and relationships that promote innovation in agriculture, has however moved from a concept to a sub-discipline with principles of analysis and action. AIS investments must be specific to the context, responding to the stage of development in a particular country and agricultural sector, especially the AIS. This sourcebook contributes to identifying, designing, and implementing the investments, approaches, and complementary interventions that appear most likely to strengthen AIS and to promote agricultural innovation and equitable growth. It emphasizes the lessons learned, benefits and impacts, implementation issues, and prospects for replicating or expanding successful practices. The information in this sourcebook derives from approaches that have been tested at different scales in different contexts. It reflects the experiences and evolving understanding of numerous individuals and organizations concerned with agricultural innovation, including the World Bank. This information is targeted to the key operational staff in international and regional development agencies and national governments who design and implement lending projects and to the practitioners who design thematic programs and technical assistance packages. The sourcebook can also be an important resource for the research community and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).

Applying innovation system concept in agricultural research for development

Author :
Publisher : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN 13 : 9291462373
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Applying innovation system concept in agricultural research for development written by and published by ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD). This book was released on with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Farming Systems Research into the 21st Century: The New Dynamic

Author : Ika Darnhofer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400745036
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis Farming Systems Research into the 21st Century: The New Dynamic by : Ika Darnhofer

Download or read book Farming Systems Research into the 21st Century: The New Dynamic written by Ika Darnhofer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-05-30 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Farming Systems Research has three core characteristics: it builds on systems thinking, it depends on the close collaboration between social and biophysical sciences, and it relies on participation to build co-learning processes. Farming Systems Research posits that to contribute towards sustainable rural development, both interdisciplinary collaborations and local actor engagement are needed. Together, they allow for changes in understanding and changes in practices. This book gives an overview of the insights generated in 20 years of Farming Systems Research. It retraces the emergence and development of Farming Systems Research in Europe, summarises the state-of-the-art for key areas, and provides an outlook on new explorations, especially those tackling the dynamic nature of farming systems and their interaction with the natural environment and the context of action.

Spurring Innovation in Food and Agriculture

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309299594
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Spurring Innovation in Food and Agriculture written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2014-12-24 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States embarked on bold polices to enhance its food and agricultural system during the last half of the 19th century, investing first in the education of people and soon thereafter in research and discovery programs aimed at acquiring new knowledge needed to address the complex challenges of feeding a growing and hungry nation. Those policies, sustained over 125 years, have produced the most productive and efficient agricultural and food system in history. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the primary agency responsible for supporting innovations and advances in food and agriculture. USDA funds are allocated to support research through several mechanisms, including the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). In 2008, Congress replaced USDA's National Research Initiative with AFRI, creating USDA's flagship competitive research grants program, and the 2008 Food, Conservation, and Energy Act, known as the Farm Bill, outlined the structure of the new program. Spurring Innovation in Food and Agriculture assesses the effectiveness of AFRI in meeting the goals laid out by Congress and its success in advancing innovations and competitiveness in the U.S. food and agriculture system. Spurring Innovation in Food and Agriculture evaluates the value, relevance, quality, fairness, and flexibility of AFRI. This report also considers funding policies and mechanisms and identifies measures of the effectiveness and efficiency of AFRI's operation. The study examines AFRI's role in advancing science in relation to other research and grant programs inside of USDA as well as how complementary it is to other federal research and development programs. The findings and conclusions of this report will help AFRI improve its functions and effectiveness in meeting its goals and outcomes.

Extension Science

Author : Niels G. Röling
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521348874
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Extension Science written by Niels G. Röling and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1988-05-26 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Communication for Rural Innovation

Author : Cees Leeuwis
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118688015
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (186 download)

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Download or read book Communication for Rural Innovation written by Cees Leeuwis and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important book is the re-titled third edition of the extremely well received and widely used Agricultural Extension (van den Ban & Hawkins, 1988, 1996). Building on the previous editions, Communication for Rural Innovation maintains and adapts the insights and conceptual models of value today, while reflecting many new ideas, angles and modes of thinking concerning how agricultural extension is taught and carried through today. Since the previous edition of the book, the number and type of organisations that apply communicative strategies to foster change and development in agriculture and resource management has become much more varied and this book is aimed at those who use communication to facilitate change in agriculture and resource management. Communication for Rural Innovation is essential reading for process facilitators, communication division personnel, knowledge managers, training officers, consultants, policy makers, extension specialists and managers of agricultural extension or research organisations. The book can also be used as an advanced introduction into issues of communicative intervention at BSc or MSc level.

Agricultural Sciences

Author : 1. GLOBAL FÓRUM OF LEADERS FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (GLAST) (2006, Beijing)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Agricultural Sciences written by 1. GLOBAL FÓRUM OF LEADERS FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (GLAST) (2006, Beijing) and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Session 1: Agricultural technology innovation; Agricultural science and technology; Agricultural technology innovation in Korea; Technology innovations in Indian agriculture; Achieving sustainable agriculture through innovation: the role of science technology; China National Rice Molecular Breeding Network - current status and prospects; Agricultural technology innovation; Session 2: Food security and safety, nutrition and health; Food security and safety: issues and prospect; Food security & safety: innovative approaches; Embrapa: Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation; Nutrition and public health; Current situation and some issues on Japanese food industry; Session 3: Poverty reduction and sustainable agricultural development; Broad based growth and poverty reduction; Exploration and application of New Agro-SciTech Extension Models; China's war against rural poverty; The agricultural Science and technology and innovation system in Uruguay; Economics of precision agriculture; Agriculture and sustainable development - A challenge for agricultural research; Challenges and opportunities for sustainable increase of rice production in Egypt; The future of animal breeding in Europe; China session: Hunan province; Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region; Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region; Guangdong province; Hebei province; Liaoning province.