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adopt new agricultural technology and improved practices, and keep farm and household assets. It is equally important to … irrigation projects, water-harvesting and storage, land and soil management techniques, and farm work sequencing can lead to … research. The research findings can then be used in devising effective policies for controlling malaria in endemic areas of the …
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little is known about how these opportunities can be effectively leveraged to promote pro-poor processes of rural innovation … smallholders' innovation processes. Case studies of smallholder innovation networks in 10 communities suggest that public sector … that create more space for market and civil society actors to participate in smallholder innovation networks." from Author …
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, organizations, institutions, or policies. Innovation means putting ideas, knowledge, and technology to work in a manner that brings … for biofuels require complementary knowledge from formal agricultural research and development (R&D) and support from … policies and other institutions. Formal and informal knowledge and innovation must therefore be linked to accelerate …
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they are applied to good (poor) varieties. The paper concludes by discussing key policy implications and future research …
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The Atlas of African Agriculture Research & Development is a multifaceted resource that high­lights the ubiquitous …
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This paper addresses the challenge of increasing the rate of varietal turnover to prevent depreciation of improved cultivars over time. It examines the supply of and demand for improved cultivars of wheat in India to illustrate this challenge in a unique manner, combining national-level data on...
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This paper summarizes the potential contributions of the new institutional economics to agricultural policy research …. The paper concludes by providing specific examples of interest in the area of agricultural market research in developing …
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research in furthering the goal of designing safety nets that reduce poverty in a cost-effective way. In doing so, the paper …
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