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Strengthening Agricultural Innovation Capacity: Are Innovation Brokers the Answer?
Klerkx, Laurens; Hall, Andy; Leeuwis, Cees - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009
potential role of innovation brokers in developing countries' agriculture. It concludes that innovation brokerage roles are …This paper examines the role of innovation brokers in stimulating innovation system interaction and innovation capacity … building, and illustrates this by taking the case of Dutch agriculture as an example. Subsequently, it reflects upon the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712303
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Strengthening Agricultural Innovation Capacity: Are Innovation Brokers the Answer?
Klerkx, Laurens; Hall, Andy; Leeuwis, Cees - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009
potential role of innovation brokers in developing countries' agriculture. It concludes that innovation brokerage roles are …This paper examines the role of innovation brokers in stimulating innovation system interaction and innovation capacity … building, and illustrates this by taking the case of Dutch agriculture as an example. Subsequently, it reflects upon the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005256463
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Agriculture for Development: Lessons from the World Development Report 2008
Sadoulet, Elisabeth; Janvry, Alain de - In: QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria (2009) 1
The World Development Report 2008 was a call for better use to be made of agriculture for development. The urgency of … stop turning their backs on agriculture? What will it take for agriculture to be effectively used for development and to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005003913
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Making Agricultural Systems More Environmentally Sustainable
Markandya, Anil - In: QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria (2009) 1
environmentally sustainable. The Author highlights three global trends that will drive the relationship between agriculture and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005003933
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World Food Markets and the Prospects for Developing and Least Developed Countries Agriculture
Sarris, Alexander - In: QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria (2009) 1
This comment to the article by de Janvry and Sadoulet highlights the prospects for developing and least developed countries in world food markets. The Author puts the recent agricultural price developments in perspective and suggests what trade policies ought to be implemented to enhance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005003955
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Dualism and Power in Agriculture Scientific and Technological Development
Pietrobelli, Carlo - In: QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria (2009) 1
agriculture. The Author makes suggestions in two major areas: a) the extent and continuing relevance of dualism in developing … agriculture that are emerging. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005003957
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African Agricultural Mechanization : Myths, Realities and an Emerging Research Agenda
Daum, Thomas - 2019
African farm systems remain the least mechanized of all continents. There were substantial state-led efforts to promote agricultural mechanization during the 1960s and 1970s, but these efforts failed, which led to a subsequent neglect of mechanization, both in practice and in academia. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012858019
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Agricultural Commercialization and Diversification in Jammu and Kashmir : Causes and Impacts
Shah, Mohd Asif - 2021
The paper has examined trends and patterns in crop diversification in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir for the period 2007-08 to 2013-14 using Simpson Index of Diversification (SID) and estimated the determinants of crop diversification by using multiple regression analysis. The cropping...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013217270
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Agricultural financing to guarantee food safety in an emerging nation : a case study of Nigeria
Omodero, Cordelia Onyinyechi; Ehikioya, Benjamin - In: Verslas : teorija ir praktika : Vilniaus Gedimino … 23 (2022) 1, pp. 53-59
Investment in agriculture is very crucial in the present situation of Nigeria. The effort to overcome food insecurity …, the right step to take is to adequately finance agriculture in order to ensure sufficient food production and safety that … will save the future of the country. This study emphasizes on investment in agriculture to guarantee food security in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012938802
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State of Agricultural Production and Food Security in Russia in 2022
Shagaida, Natalia; Ternovskiy, Denis - 2023
In 2022, index of physical volume of agricultural output in agricultural organizations, peasant (private) farms and household farms grew by 10.2% as compared to the previous year. In monetary terms growth was 14.8% due to rising prices on agricultural products (+4.2%, i.e. much lower as compared...
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