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AZ INTELLIGENS SZAKOSODÁS ÉS AZ INNOVÁCIÓ LEHETŐSÉGEINEK KIHASZNÁLÁSA A VIDÉKFEJLESZTÉS TERÜLETÉN
Túróczi, Imre - In: Acta Carolus Robertus 05 (2015) 1
Az Európai Unió 2014-2020-as költségvetési ciklusa számos lehetőséget biztosít az innováció kiterjesztésének területén. Az elkövetkezendő években az EU-tól mintegy 700. milliárd forint támogatást hívhat le Magyarország a gazdaságának ilyen irányú fejlesztésére. A...
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FARMERS’ PRACTICES AND WILLINGNESS TO ADOPT SUPPLEMENTAL IRRIGATION IN BURKINA FASO
Zongo, Beteo; Diarra, Abdoulaye; Barbier, Bruno; Zorom, … - In: International Journal of Food and Agricultural … 3, 1
This study analyzes farmers' practices and willingness to adopt supplemental irrigation on rainfed crops in the Sahelian and Sudano-Sahelian areas of Burkina Faso. A survey of 629 farmers revealed a diversity of farming practices within and between two agro-climatic zones. Over 65% of farmers...
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MULTIFUNCTIONAL AGRICULTURE AS AN INNOVATION PATH FOR RURAL AREAS
Madureira, Livia; Costa, Susete - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009
The main purpose of this paper is to discuss the potential of MFA model to enhance innovation in rural areas build on the analysis of information from a database of best practices on innovation in EU rural areas collected by the RAPIDO project1. The analysis shows innovation to be strongly...
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CHALLENGES FOR THE FLEMISH AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES TO SUPPORT AN INNOVATIVE AND COMPETITIVE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
Vuylsteke, Anne; Van Gijseghem, Dirk - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009
Agriculture is faced by permanent evolution and it is expected that this trend will continue in the next decennium. The question is what challenges lie ahead and which types of agricultural research can support the sector in order to retain its competitive power by the year 2020. To address this...
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“SOCIAL AGRICULTURE”: A PATTERN BETWEEN FARM INNOVATION, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND MULTIFUNCTIONALITY
Macri, Maria Carmela; Perito, Maria Angela - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009
Rural context and agricultural process are assuming growing credibility as a mean to promote well being and social inclusion in the population as a whole. Fattoria solidale del Circeo” constitutes one of the many examples of social agriculture that have risen in the recent years in Italy....
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Multidisciplinary Innovation Teams: The New Product Development Center (NPDC) at Oklahoma State University (OSU) (PowerPoint)
Tilley, Daniel S.; Vaidyanathan, Ranji - USDA Economists Group - 2009
Presented to USDA Economists Group, Washington, DC
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Possibilities of Using the Four-factorial Inventory of the Climate of Innovation in the Czech Agricultural Sector
Hron, Jan; Pilar, Ladislav; Pokorna, J.; Stadlerova, M. - In: AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics 4 (2012) 3
To increase the competitiveness of the European model of agriculture, an environment of innovation must be created in the field of primary agricultural production and in the subsequent processing industries. The level of innovation in the processing industry greatly influences the...
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A Comparative Perspective on Innovation and Productivity in Manufacturing and Services
Lööf, Hans - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2004
&D-innovation-productivity relationship within service industries. Innovation has been found to be a major contributor to productivity growth in manufacturing …. In this paper, the importance of innovation is explored by comparing manufacturing and service firms in a sample of … benefits from innovation than knowledge intensive manufacturing firms? Empirical results based on innovation survey data …
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Persistence of innovation and firm’s growth: evidence from a panel of SME and large Spanish manufacturing firms
Triguero, Angela; Córcoles, David; Cuerva, Maria - In: Small Business Economics 43 (2014) 4, pp. 787-804
This paper estimates the effect of persistence of innovation on employment in Spanish manufacturing firms during the …
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The impact of R&D on employment in Europe: a firm-level analysis
Bogliacino, Francesco; Piva, Mariacristina; Vivarelli, Marco - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2011
database covering 677 European manufacturing and service firms over the period 1990-2008. Main result from the whole sample … significant job creation effect of R&D expenditures is detectable in services and high-tech manufacturing but absent in the more … traditional manufacturing sectors. This means that we should not expect positive employment effects from increasing R&D in the …
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