Albert, Helmut | 2000
- Author(s): Albert, Helmut
- Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural extension, advisory services, private sector, small farms, marketing, market access
This conceptual framework for agricultural services takes a systems perspective and looks at the types of services, the actors involved, functional relationships between them, and the level, scope, and frame conditions of the service system.
Anandajayasekeram, Ponniah | cop. 2011
- Author(s): Anandajayasekeram, Ponniah
- Publisher: International food policy research institute (IFPRI)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural research, agricultural innovations, development strategies, africa
The author traces the evolution of the innovation systems framework within the agricultural sector in Sub-Saharan Africa, and presents a conceptual framework for agricultural innovation systems. Key conclusions and areas for investment are presented.
Anandajayasekeram, Ponniah and Gebremedhin, Berhanu | cop. 2009
- Author(s): Anandajayasekeram, Ponniah and Gebremedhin, Berhanu
- Publisher: International livestock research institute (ILRI)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural research, agricultural product marketing, purchasing, institution building, development strategies
An attempt is made to integrate the innovation systems perspective and the value chain approach. Their disjunction has thus far constrained effective institutionalization of the concepts in agricultural research.
Anandajayasekeram, Ponniah and Puskur, Ranjitha and Zerfu, Elias | 2009
- Author(s): Anandajayasekeram, Ponniah and Puskur, Ranjitha and Zerfu, Elias
- Publisher: International livestock research institute (ILRI)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural development, innovations, development strategies, agricultural research, agricultural product marketing, training programmes, guidelines, ethiopia
This learning module helps develop the capacity to apply the innovation system perspective in agricultural research with a focus on market-led agricultural transformation. It can be used for training and reference.
Anderson, Edward and Schmitz, Hubert | 1997
- Author(s): Anderson, Edward and Schmitz, Hubert
- Publisher: University of Sussex. Institute of development studies (IDS)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: enterprise development, industrial location, competition, innovations
Clusters of small firms can maximize the benefits of collective efficiency through a customer-oriented focus, a collective approach, and a cumulative effort to ensure continuous, rather than one-off, improvements.