Rural Innovation Systems

NIF : National innovation foundation

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  • Publisher: National innovation foundation (NIF)
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  • Keywords: innovations, self-help, economic development, technological change, rural development, community participation, india
Provides institutional support in scouting, spawning, sustaining and scaling up grassroots innovations. It is associated with the Honeybee Network and the Gujarat Grassroots Innovations Augmentation Network (GIAN).

NCAP : National centre for agricultural economics and policy research

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  • Publisher: National centre for agricultural economics and policy research (NCAP)
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  • Keywords: agricultural policy, economic analysis, technological change, agricultural innovations, markets, india
The NCAP carries out research in agricultural economics and policy analysis in the areas of technological policy, sustainable agriculture, markets and trade, institutional change, and economic modeling of agriculture development.

NATURA : Network of European agricultural (tropically and sub-tropically oriented) universities and scientific complexes related with agricultural development

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  • Publisher: NATURA
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  • Keywords: agricultural development, tropical areas, intellectual co-operation, university co-operation, research centres
NATURA promotes networking of European research institutions and universities with partners in developing countries in the field of tropical agriculture. It organizes seminars and symposia, and carries out research projects.

ISRN : Innovation systems research network

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  • Publisher: University of Toronto. Centre for international studies
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  • Keywords: economic development, innovations, social conditions, economic conditions, political conditions, globalization, canada
ISRN studies the effect of social, economic, and political conditions on innovation and economic development. PROGRIS is concerned with the interaction of globalization on innovation process in a regional context.

ILAC : Institutional learning & change

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  • Publisher: CGIAR]. Institutional learning & change (ILAC)
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  • Keywords: agricultural research, cost effectiveness, capacity building, institution building
ILAC offers approaches and tools for critical reflection and analysis to improve the effectiveness of CGIAR research programmes. ILAC draws on principles of complex adaptive systems, innovation and organizational learning.
 

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