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Author : Laurie E. Drinkwater
Publisher : Department of Agriculture
ISBN 13 : 9781888626162
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (261 download)
Download or read book Systems Research for Agriculture written by Laurie E. Drinkwater and published by Department of Agriculture. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Laurens van Veldhuizen
Publisher : Ileia Readings in Sustainable
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Farmers' Research in Practice written by Laurens van Veldhuizen and published by Ileia Readings in Sustainable. This book was released on 1997 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines farmers' innovation through 17 wide-ranging case studies from around the world. It concludes by revisiting the major themes in relation to the lessons learned, and sets out the future issues and challenges for governmental and non-governmental organizations involved in agricultural development.
Author : H. J. W. Mutsaers
Publisher : IITA
ISBN 13 : 9789781310645
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)
Download or read book On-farm Research in Theory and Practice written by H. J. W. Mutsaers and published by IITA. This book was released on 1991 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Derek Byerlee
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780821341735
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (417 download)
Download or read book Strengthening National Agricultural Research Systems written by Derek Byerlee and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides a brief review of recent trends and key policies in strengthening national agricultural research systems. Chapters provide a brief overview of the recent evolution of national research systems and a synthesis of policy issues and good practices for developing these systems including the involvement of universities and the private sector. They also focus on key policy and institutional reforms for strengthening public research institutions including funding, research management, and client orientation. Finally they discuss implications for the World Bank in its ongoing efforts to strengthen national research systems.
Author : Julian M. Alston
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Science Under Scarcity written by Julian M. Alston and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resources for agricultural science are scarce across the world. Yet even as resources are shrinking, agricultural science has expanded its inquiry into many new areas - such as environmental preservation, food quality, and rural development - without forsaking its more traditional concerns. In a time of tight government budgets, research administrators are faced with the need to provide strong evidence that costs are justified by benefits. Science under Scarcity is an invaluable guide to the theory and methods necessary for evaluating research in agriculture and for setting priorities for resource allocation. Although economists have made significant progress in developing more sophisticated methods for research evaluation and priority setting, many research analysts and administrators do not have a working knowledge of those practices. Without the assistance of formal economic analysis it is particularly difficult to assess the social value of new technologies or to make informed judgements about the trade-offs that are involved in allocation decisions. Addressing that knowledge gap, this book reviews, synthesizes, and extends such methods as economic surplus analysis, econometric techniques, mathematical programming procedures, and scoring models. It discusses these practices in the context of scientific policy, describes their conceptual foundations, and explains how to do them. Originally published in 1995 in hardcover by Cornell University Press, it is now reissued in paperback by CAB INTERNATIONAL.
Author : Christine Okali
Publisher : Intermediate Technology Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Farmer Participatory Research written by Christine Okali and published by Intermediate Technology Publications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introductio to farmer participatory research. Associated themes and concepts. Farmer participatory research in practice. Key issues in implementation. Analysis of current trends and practice. Monitoring and evaluation. Future directions: linking evaluation indicators to project desing.
Author : Rural Sociological Society. Subcommittee on the Diffusion and Adoption of Farm Practices
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Sociological Research on the Diffusion and Adoption of New Farm Practices written by Rural Sociological Society. Subcommittee on the Diffusion and Adoption of Farm Practices and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Adiel N. Mbabu
Publisher : LINK Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9280850008
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Capacity Building for Agricultural Research for Development written by Adiel N. Mbabu and published by LINK Ltd.. This book was released on 2012 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ika Darnhofer
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9789401783576
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (835 download)
Download or read book Farming Systems Research into the 21st Century: The New Dynamic written by Ika Darnhofer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-06-11 with total page 0 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.
Author : John Farrington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780850031157
Total Pages : 79 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (311 download)
Download or read book Farmer Participation in Agricultural Research written by John Farrington and published by . This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ian Scoones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781858640907
Total Pages : 45 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Challenging the Populist Perspective written by Ian Scoones and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ian Scoones
Publisher : Practical Action
ISBN 13 : 9781853392504
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (925 download)
Download or read book Beyond Farmer First written by Ian Scoones and published by Practical Action. This book was released on 1994 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to reveal how agricultural research and extension, far from being discrete, rational acts, are in fact part of a process of coming to terms with conflicting interests and viewpoints. By going beyond Farmer First, this theoretically informed perspective describes agricultural development as what it is: a highly ideological and political process. As Robert Chambers notes in his foreword, the concerns of Farmer First with performance and of Beyond Farmer First with process, indicate that a radical rethinking of knowledge, power and agricultural science is well under way.
Author : Johannes Stephanus Petrus Naude
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Methods of Farm-management Study written by Johannes Stephanus Petrus Naude and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Toshichika Iizumi
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811392358
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (113 download)
Download or read book Adaptation to Climate Change in Agriculture written by Toshichika Iizumi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-10-18 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights state-of-the-art research and practices for adaptation to climate change in food production systems (agriculture in particular) as observed in Japan and neighboring Asian countries. The main topics covered include the current scientific understanding of observed and projected climate change impacts on crop production and quality, modeling of autonomous and planned adaptation, and development of early warning and/or support systems for climate-related decision-making. Drawing on concrete real-world examples, the book provides readers with an essential overview of adaptation, from research to system development to practices, taking agriculture in Asia as the example. As such, it offers a valuable asset for all researchers and policymakers whose work involves adaptation planning, climate negotiations, and/or agricultural developments.
Author : Peter L Nuthall
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 1780646569
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)
Download or read book Farm Business Management written by Peter L Nuthall and published by CABI. This book was released on 2016-04-25 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Farming is a complex job with many unique challenges, but can also be a rich and rewarding career that is full of opportunities. Following the author's Farm Business Management series, this new textbook takes the core principles and techniques and distils them into an accessible student resource. Written by an expert with decades of teaching and research experience around the world, this book also incorporates two brand new chapters on farm accounting and computer systems and software. Providing a hands-on learning experience for students of agriculture, it will continue to be a much-used resource throughout their farming career.
Author : Sietze Vellema
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9086867170
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (868 download)
Download or read book Transformation and Sustainability in Agriculture written by Sietze Vellema and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public pressure and societal changes induce interventions and policies, which aim to transform agriculture and food provision. This book shows that for upscaling novel practices and organizational models it is important to include meso-level regime aspects in analysis and practice. The argument presented is that our understanding of the human and social dimensions of transformation processes can be enriched by anchoring practice and policy in social theory. A focus on transitions offers a clear view on the direction and velocity of change. This publication aims to complement this by highlighting theoretical insights in the social or institutional mechanisms enabling or hindering change. Essays on a selection of theorists, varying from idealist or materialist accounts, to actor or system approaches, examine what the presented explanatory framework on social change offers in terms of guidance for intervention and action. The value of these theoretical insights is further explored in a selection of case studies in agriculture and food: rural reconstruction in horticulture and livestock, seed supply systems, and pest control. Each case study systematically applies six theoretical frameworks with the purpose of investigating what novel insights arise from looking at the change process from a particular perspective. Through this exercise the often implicit assumptions of hands-on change processes surface. This book is of interest to practitioners engaged in changing current practices in agriculture and food provision, policy makers interested in grasping why transitions are challenging, applied researchers who like to move beyond individual case studies and social and natural scientists involved in integrative studies of complex change processes.
Author : Stacy Kanoelani Evensen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (162 download)
Download or read book Farmer Practice and Production Study written by Stacy Kanoelani Evensen and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
