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policies and other institutions. Formal and informal knowledge and innovation must therefore be linked to accelerate …, organizations, institutions, or policies. Innovation means putting ideas, knowledge, and technology to work in a manner that brings … pursuit of innovation. For innovation to occur, knowledge must be created, accumulated, shared, and used. Innovations …
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absence or inadequacy of risk-mitigating institutions and markets, and the need to protect the world's poorest communities … convincing, that the programs are not cost-effective and do not allocate resources optimally, and that private institutions are … expensive, and that reduced intervention can promote competition, help develop alternative institutions, and release funds for …
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provides evidence that are contrary to earlier findings on induced innovation theory. Using a unique panel dataset, we examine …
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Despite a wide range of reform initiatives in agricultural extension in India in the past decades, the coverage of, access to, and quality of information provided to marginalized and poor farmers is uneven. This paper aims to ascertain why farmers are not accessing information and where...
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producing countries and the key constraint of the sector remains its lack of innovation. Current production technology in the … concerns about the incentives and policies required to promote and sustain technological innovation in the sector." from text …
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The African Development Bank (AfDB), in commissioning this report to be prepared by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), highlighted the need for a comprehensive, evidenced-based review of agricultural biotechnology in order to better understand its current status, issues,...
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Innovations are a key driver of long-term economic growth. There has been an explosion of patent filings in China in the past three decades. But empirical studies on the pattern of innovations at the firm level are rather scant primarily due to lack of firm-specific patent data. We have made...
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even within countries and their impact on innovation. However, their findings are subject to the problems of sample bias …
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novel analytical approach to agricultural science, technology, and innovation that focuses on improving the efficiency with …
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