Author: Roberto Martínez NogueiraPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural extension work
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
The Effect of Changes in State Policy and Organization on Agricultural Research and Extension Links
Author: Roberto Martínez NogueiraPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural extension work
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
The Effect of Changes in State Policy and Organziation on Agricultural Research and Extension Links
Author: R. Martinez NogueiraPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Tha analytical framework; An historical review of the organization of research and extension in Latin America.
Making The Link
Author: David KaimowitzPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0429714246
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
This book is about International Service for National Agricultural Research's (ISNAR) study to identify key factors that influenced the effectiveness and efficiency of links between research and technology transfer. It recommends ways to improve these links and reflects the progress made till date.
Author: Publicly Funded Agricultural Research and the Changing Structure of U.S. Agriculture
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309170346
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) requested that the Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources of the National Research Council (NRC) convene a panel of experts to examine whether publicly funded agricultural research has influenced the structure of U.S. agriculture and, if so, how. The Committee to Review the Role of Publicly Funded Agricultural Research on the Structure of U.S. Agriculture was asked to assess the role of public-sector agricultural research on changes in the size and numbers of farms, with particular emphasis on the evolution of very-large-scale operations.
Publications of the International Agricultural Research and Development Centers
Author: Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
ISBN: 9711042266
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Picture Planning Perspectives
Author: Hugo de VosPublisher: Rozenberg Publishers
ISBN: 9051707584
Category : Geographic information systems
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
This book investigates problems of GIS implementation in three Costa Rican ministries. It reveals that embedding technology is part of complex institutional processes where actors and politics shape contexts. By linking an historical analysis of land use
Getting Ready for the Twenty-first Century
Author: Charles H. AntholtPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9780821325100
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
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.
Agroecology
Author: Miguel A AltieriPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0429964013
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
This book incorporates new insights and concepts in the hope of helping guide agricultural students, researchers, and practitioners to a deeper understanding of the ecology of agricultural systems that will open the doors to new management options with the objectives of sustainable agriculture.
Reluctant Partners? Non-Governmental Organizations, the State and Sustainable Agricultural Development
Author: Anthony BebbingtonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134880227
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Combines comprehensive empirical insights into NGOs' work in agriculture with wider considerations of their relations with the State and their contribution to democratic pluralism in Africa, Asia and Latin America.