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Institutional Factors Affecting the Generation and Diffusion of Agricultural Technology

Author : Vernon W. Ruttan

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Page : 186 pages

File Size : 21,25 MB

Release : 1980

Category : Agricultural innovations

ISBN :

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Working paper analysing institutional factors affecting agricultural research and agriculture technology generation and diffusion - elaborates similarities in supply and demand sources for, and interaction between technological and institutional innovations, presents a model for analysing the impact of resources and cultural endowments on institutional and technological change, discusses research centre organisation and cost benefit analysis, and includes case studies. Graphs and references.





Agricultural Development And Nutrition

Author : Arnold Pacey

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 191 pages

File Size : 28,24 MB

Release : 2019-03-05

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0429718004

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This book is an expose of the many food consumption-related problems which need to be considered alongside agricultural production issues in development. It examines factors that determine the degree to which people have access to food and can assimilate its nutrients.



Rural Development

Author : International Labour Office

Publisher : International Labour Organization

Page : 354 pages

File Size : 48,78 MB

Release : 1991

Category : Developing countries

ISBN : 9789221064510

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Book Description

Entries in English and various other languages.





A Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of the Effects of Technological Change on Rural Women

Author : Ann Whitehead

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Page : 98 pages

File Size : 37,60 MB

Release : 1981

Category : Households

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Working paper on a conceptual framework for research on the effects of technological change on rural women in developing countries - presents a literature survey, focusing on sexual division of labour, agricultural employment of woman workers, unpaid work and productivity within the farm household, access to productive resources, effective costs of Innovation for women, etc. Bibliography pp. 73 to 79 and references.





Technological and Institutional Innovations for Marginalized Smallholders in Agricultural Development

Author : Franz W. Gatzweiler

Publisher : Springer

Page : 442 pages

File Size : 20,90 MB

Release : 2016-02-19

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 3319257188

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The aim of the book is to present contributions in theory, policy and practice to the science and policy of sustainable intensification by means of technological and institutional innovations in agriculture. The research insights re from Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The purpose of this book is to be a reference for students, scholars and practitioners inthe field of science and policy for understanding and identifying agricultural productivity growth potentials in marginalized areas.



Uneven Development in the Third World

Author : A. S. Bhalla

Publisher : Springer

Page : 369 pages

File Size : 21,90 MB

Release : 1992-06-18

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1349111503

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Defines uneven development in China and India in terms of development strategies and their outcomes. Three types of strategies are discussed - heavy industrialization, sectoral/regional balance, and economic liberalization.



Technical Change And Social Conflict In Agriculture

Author : Martin E Pineiro

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 248 pages

File Size : 23,34 MB

Release : 2019-06-21

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1000242129

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This book presents the intellectual production of the first phase of the Cooperative Research Project on Agricultural Technology in Latin America (PROTAAL) and the most relevant papers presented by invitees at a meeting held in San Jose, Costa Rica in September 1981.