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Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems in Transition

Author : Standing Committee on Agricultural Research (SCAR) Collaborative Working Group on Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789279222528
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (225 download)

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Book Synopsis Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems in Transition by : Standing Committee on Agricultural Research (SCAR) Collaborative Working Group on Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS)

Download or read book Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems in Transition written by Standing Committee on Agricultural Research (SCAR) Collaborative Working Group on Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The European Union's Standing Committee on Agricultural Research is mandated by the Council to play a major role in the coordination of Agricultural Research efforts across the European Research Area (currently 37 countries). This includes questions of advisory services, education, training and innovation. The SCAR installed a collaborative working group of civil servants from the Commission and the Member States to reflect on Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems. Innovation is an important challenge for European agriculture, but little is known about the performance of the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS). This report gathers experiences from different countries and regions.." --Ed.

Improving Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems OECD Conference Proceedings

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789264167438
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (674 download)

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Book Synopsis Improving Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems OECD Conference Proceedings by : OECD

Download or read book Improving Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems OECD Conference Proceedings written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This conference proceedings from the OECD Conference on Agricultural Knowledge Systems (AKS), held in Paris inJune 2011, discusses experiences and approaches to AKS explores how to foster development and adoption of innovation to meet global food security and climate change challenges.

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).

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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Book Synopsis Knowledge Generation and Technical Change by : Steven Wolf

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.

Integrating Innovation Systems Perspective and Value Chain Analysis in Agricultural Research for Development

Author : P. Anandajayasekeram
Publisher : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Integrating Innovation Systems Perspective and Value Chain Analysis in Agricultural Research for Development by : P. Anandajayasekeram

Download or read book Integrating Innovation Systems Perspective and Value Chain Analysis in Agricultural Research for Development written by P. Anandajayasekeram and published by ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD). This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Improving Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems OECD Conference Proceedings

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264167447
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (641 download)

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Book Synopsis Improving Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems OECD Conference Proceedings by : OECD

Download or read book Improving Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems OECD Conference Proceedings written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2012-02-13 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This conference proceedings from the OECD Conference on Agricultural Knowledge Systems (AKS), held in Paris inJune 2011, discusses experiences and approaches to AKS explores how to foster development and adoption of innovation to meet global food security and climate change challenges.

Agricultural Knowledge and Knowledge Systems in Post-Soviet Societies

Author : Anna-Katharina Hornidge
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 303432006X
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (343 download)

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Book Synopsis Agricultural Knowledge and Knowledge Systems in Post-Soviet Societies by : Anna-Katharina Hornidge

Download or read book Agricultural Knowledge and Knowledge Systems in Post-Soviet Societies written by Anna-Katharina Hornidge and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume addresses the crucial role of knowledge and innovation in coping with and adapting to socio-economic and political transformation processes in post-Soviet societies. Unique are the bottom up or micro-sociological and ethnographic perspectives offered by the book on the processes of post-Soviet transformations in Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus. Three thematic fields form the structuring frame: cultures of knowledge production and sharing in agriculture; local governance arrangements and knowledge production; and finally, the present situation of agricultural advisory services development.

Renewing innovation systems in agriculture and food

Author : E. Coudel
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9086867685
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (868 download)

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Book Synopsis Renewing innovation systems in agriculture and food by : E. Coudel

Download or read book Renewing innovation systems in agriculture and food written by E. Coudel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-03-15 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Present-day society asks more from agriculture than just the production of food. Agriculture is now required to be concerned with the quality of food, ecosystem services, inclusion of marginalized populations, revitalization of rural territories, energy production, etc. This opening up of the future of agriculture encourages rural actors to experiment with new farming systems, using imagination, creativity and determination to replace dominant models. At the same time, low-cost mass-production systems continue on their way, with promises of a future based on green technologies. In this discussion it is important to consider what kind of sustainable development societies really want. Which innovations will help in achieving these developments? What role can research and public policies play in supporting the emergence of these innovations? This book takes the debate beyond the purely technical options and considers social and institutional innovations as well. It demonstrates that innovation is the result of a confrontation between visions of actors who often have divergent interests. There is no single path towards sustainable development and we must find ways to encourage the emergence and co-existence of different types of agriculture and food systems. The success of transitions will not only depend on our capacity to rethink existing models, but especially on our willingness to embark on a creative learning process from which we will inevitably emerge transformed.

Agroecological Transitions: From Theory to Practice in Local Participatory Design

Author : Jacques-Eric Bergez
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030019535
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Book Synopsis Agroecological Transitions: From Theory to Practice in Local Participatory Design by : Jacques-Eric Bergez

Download or read book Agroecological Transitions: From Theory to Practice in Local Participatory Design written by Jacques-Eric Bergez and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Open Access book presents feedback from the ‘Territorial Agroecological Transition in Action’- TATA-BOX research project, which was devoted to these specific issues. The multidisciplinary and multi-organisation research team steered a four-year action-research process in two territories of France. It also presents: i) the key dimensions to be considered when dealing with agroecological transition: diversity of agriculture models, management of uncertainties, polycentric governance, autonomies, and role of actors’ networks; ii) an operational and original participatory process and associated boundary tools to support local stakeholders in shifting from a shared diagnosis to a shared action plan for transition, and in so doing developing mutual understanding and involvement; iii) an analysis of the main effects of the methodology on research organisation and on stakeholders’ development and application; iv) critical analysis and foresights on the main outcomes of TATA-BOX, provided by external researchers.

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.

Matching Demand and Supply in the Dutch Agricultural Knowledge Infrastructure

Author : Laurens Klerkx
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789085047513
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (475 download)

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Book Synopsis Matching Demand and Supply in the Dutch Agricultural Knowledge Infrastructure by : Laurens Klerkx

Download or read book Matching Demand and Supply in the Dutch Agricultural Knowledge Infrastructure written by Laurens Klerkx and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems Towards 2020

Author : European Commission. Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789279327667
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (276 download)

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Book Synopsis Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems Towards 2020 by : European Commission. Directorate-General for Research and Innovation

Download or read book Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems Towards 2020 written by European Commission. Directorate-General for Research and Innovation and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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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Book Synopsis Enhancing Agricultural Innovation by : World Bank

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.

Agricultural extension in transition worldwide

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9251322945
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (513 download)

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Book Synopsis Agricultural extension in transition worldwide by : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Download or read book Agricultural extension in transition worldwide written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication contains twelve modules which cover a selection of major reform measures in agricultural extension being promulgated and implemented internationally, such as linking farmers to markets, making advisory services more demand-driven, promoting pluralistic advisory systems, and enhancing the role of advisory services within agricultural innovation systems. The reform issues consider the changing roles of the various public, private and non-governmental providers, and highlights the collaboration required to create synergies for more efficient and effective high quality services responding to the needs and demands of smallholder farmers. The modules draw on reform experiences worldwide and provide an introduction, definitions and a discussion for each specific reform measure, as well as case studies, tools, exercises and a reference list. The reform topics are envisaged for policy-makers, management and senior staff of institutions providing agricultural and rural advisory services. It can also be very useful for students studying agriculture, rural development, and extension in particular. This is a substantially updated version of the 2009 publication of the same title, but with only nine modules. These nine modules were restructured and up-dated, and three modules were added. The layout of the modules changed to allow a better overview for the reader.

Thematic Issue: Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 61 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Thematic Issue: Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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:

Innovation in agri-food systems

Author : W.M.F. Jongen
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9086866662
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (868 download)

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Book Synopsis Innovation in agri-food systems by : W.M.F. Jongen

Download or read book Innovation in agri-food systems written by W.M.F. Jongen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-09-04 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a fully rewritten and extended version of the successful first edition of a textbook which focuses on consumer-driven food product innovation using a systems-oriented approach. It integrates marketing and consumer sciences with technological aspects such as processing, logistics and information technology, and presents an integrated view of how new food product development is to be situated in a chain-oriented approach. Attention is also paid to the impact of changes in the environment of the agri-food system on food innovation, such as the changing consumer, the growing concern about food safety and new insights in human nutrition. Topics covered include changing markets, consumer perception of product quality, quality function deployment, the use of new and improved technology in food production, logistics and information technology, the role of regulation and legislation, quality management and control systems such as HACCP and TQM. The chapters of the first edition have been updated and extended. New chapters have been added, on consumer behaviour, corporate strategy, food safety and nutritional aspects of food innovation. Researchers and professionals in the food industry as well as students of food science, food technology and management will find this publication provides valuable information on the latest developments in the product innovation by agri-food systems.