Local Institutional Innovation and Pro-poor Agricultural Growth
Author : Marijke D'Haese
Publisher : Garant
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 46,3 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789044114324
Author : Marijke D'Haese
Publisher : Garant
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 46,3 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789044114324
Author : Franz W. Gatzweiler
Publisher : Springer
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 42,3 MB
Release : 2016-02-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3319257188
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.
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Publisher :
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 39,93 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Agriculture
ISBN :
Author : Franz W. Gatzweiler
Publisher :
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 40,70 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Agricultural development projects
ISBN : 9783319257174
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.
Author : Ajuruchukwu Obi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 13,52 MB
Release : 2011-04-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9086867049
The Southern Africa region has experienced more than its fair share of problems in recent years. Just when it seemed that the hardships wrought by the devastating cycle of droughts and floods of 2000 to 2002 were a thing of the past, other problems emerged. At one level, there have been the weak and often erratic governance mechanisms and political crises in some countries of the region, leading to severe disruptions in agricultural production to the point that supplies and markets have virtually disappeared. At another level, socio-cultural rigidities have often militated against the adoption of efficient farming practices, resulting in sub-optimal choices that lock smallholders into a low equilibrium trap. In the face of the disappearing supplies and missing markets, these have engendered hyper-inflationary trends of a magnitude unknown anywhere else in the world. But in the midst of all this apparent dreariness, cases are emerging from which immense lessons can be drawn. This book assembles a collection of research papers based on studies completed in 2008 and 2009 in Southern Africa that examine various dimensions of the institutional constraints small farmers are facing in the region and how they are going about dealing with them. The papers draw from these diverse and polar experiences and present some theoretical and practical insights that should form the basis for more in-depth, country-level, sector-specific analyses, focusing mainly on citrus, horticultures, cotton and livestock. The thematic issues of income inequality, land reform, natural resource management and value chain governance and chain choice, are covered in this book and are expected to be of interest for a wide constituency, including researchers, development practitioners, rural animators, and policy makers.
Author : Iftikhar Ahmad
Publisher : Gower Publishing Company, Limited
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 35,43 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Business & Economics
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Author : E. Owen
Publisher : 5m Books Ltd
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 33,80 MB
Release : 2020-11-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1910455776
This unique report involving 105 contributors from 26 countries provides invaluable information concerning livestock keeping and poverty alleviation in developing countries.
Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 685 pages
File Size : 15,76 MB
Release : 2012-02-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821386840
Managing the ability of agriculture to meet rising global demand and to respond to the changes and opportunities will require good policy, sustained investments, and innovation - not business as usual. Investments in public Research and Development, extension, education, and their links with one another have elicited high returns and pro-poor growth, but these investments alone will not elicit innovation at the pace or on the scale required by the intensifying and proliferating challenges confronting agriculture. Experience indicates that aside from a strong capacity in Research and Development, the ability to innovate is often related to collective action, coordination, the exchange of knowledge among diverse actors, the incentives and resources available to form partnerships and develop businesses, and conditions that make it possible for farmers or entrepreneurs to use the innovations. While consensus is developing about what is meant by 'innovation' and 'innovation system', no detailed blueprint exists for making agricultural innovation happen at a given time, in a given place, for a given result. The AIS approach that looks at these multiple conditions and relationships that promote innovation in agriculture, has however moved from a concept to a sub-discipline with principles of analysis and action. AIS investments must be specific to the context, responding to the stage of development in a particular country and agricultural sector, especially the AIS. This sourcebook contributes to identifying, designing, and implementing the investments, approaches, and complementary interventions that appear most likely to strengthen AIS and to promote agricultural innovation and equitable growth. It emphasizes the lessons learned, benefits and impacts, implementation issues, and prospects for replicating or expanding successful practices. The information in this sourcebook derives from approaches that have been tested at different scales in different contexts. It reflects the experiences and evolving understanding of numerous individuals and organizations concerned with agricultural innovation, including the World Bank. This information is targeted to the key operational staff in international and regional development agencies and national governments who design and implement lending projects and to the practitioners who design thematic programs and technical assistance packages. The sourcebook can also be an important resource for the research community and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).
Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 28,26 MB
Release : 2007-10-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821368095
The world's demand for food is expected to double within the next 50 years, while the natural resources that sustain agriculture will become increasingly scarce, degraded, and vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In many poor countries, agriculture accounts for at least 40 percent of GDP and 80 percent of employment. At the same time, about 70 percent of the world's poor live in rural areas and most depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. 'World Development Report 2008' seeks to assess where, when, and how agriculture can be an effective instrument for economic development, especially development that favors the poor. It examines several broad questions: How has agriculture changed in developing countries in the past 20 years? What are the important new challenges and opportunities for agriculture? Which new sources of agricultural growth can be captured cost effectively in particular in poor countries with large agricultural sectors as in Africa? How can agricultural growth be made more effective for poverty reduction? How can governments facilitate the transition of large populations out of agriculture, without simply transferring the burden of rural poverty to urban areas? How can the natural resource endowment for agriculture be protected? How can agriculture's negative environmental effects be contained? This year's report marks the 30th year the World Bank has been publishing the 'World Development Report'.
Author : P. C. Sanginga
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 47,90 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1844076717
First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.