Rural Innovation Systems

Enhancing food security in Africa through science, technology and innovation

Bartel, Constantine Obura and Lim, Michael and Sampath, Padmashree Gehl and Rietbergen-McCracken, Jennifer | 2010
  • Author(s): Bartel, Constantine Obura and Lim, Michael and Sampath, Padmashree Gehl and Rietbergen-McCracken, Jennifer
  • Publisher: United nations conference on trade and development (UNCTAD)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: innovations, technological change, development strategies, food security
The Report recommends reinforcing agricultural innovation systems by focusing on the enabling environment and linking national, regional and international research to innovation. Chapter 2 is titled \"Building Innovation Capabilities in African Agriculture\".

RePEc : research papers in economics

Baum, Christopher F. and Zimmermann, Christian | 2006-
  • Author(s): Baum, Christopher F. and Zimmermann, Christian
  • Publisher: Boston college etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: economics, information sources, data bases, internet, education, economics
RePEc is the largest bibliographic database dedicated to economics and available freely on the Internet. Over 800,000 items of research can be downloaded in full text.

How wide are the ripples? : from local participation to international organisational learning

Beardon, Hannah and Newman, Kate | cop. 2011
  • Author(s): Beardon, Hannah and Newman, Kate
  • Publisher: International institute for environment and development (IIED)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: popular participation, organizational change, institution building, international co-operation
The insight and analysis, evidence and stories generated and documented during participatory processes at the grassroots are just the kinds of information which are needed to inform good development policy and planning at the international level.

Impact of Uganda's National agricultural advisory services program

Benin, Samuel | cop. 2011
  • Author(s): Benin, Samuel
  • Publisher: International food policy research institute (IFPRI)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: advisory services, agricultural extension, public sector, private sector, project evaluation, africa
The NAADS ( National Agricultural Advisory Services) program was conceived as a move away from the top-down approach that is publicly funded, with services provided by public agents, to a demand-driven approach that is still largely publicly funded but with services provided by the private sector.

Assessing the impact of the National agricultural advisory services (NAADS) in the Uganda rural livelihoods

Benin, Samuel | 2007
  • Author(s): Benin, Samuel
  • Publisher: International food policy research institute (IFPRI)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural extension, private sector, public sector, poverty alleviation, institution building, east africa, uganda
This study quantifies the initial impacts of National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS, a public-private extension approach) 116 farmer groups and 894 farmers in Ugandan districts and sub-counties.
 

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