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Public-private partnerships in agricultural research: an analysis of challenges facing industry and the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

Spielman, David J.; von Grebmer, Klaus - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004

"Public-private partnerships offer potentially important opportunities for pro-poor agricultural research in developing countries. Yet in the international agricultural research community-and with regard to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) itself-we see few...

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Public–private partnerships in international agricultural research:

Spielman, David J.; Hartwich, Frank; von Grebmer, Klaus - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007

"Public-private partnerships (PPPs) in agricultural research and development are increasingly viewed as an effective means of conducting advanced research, developing new technologies, and deploying new products for the benefit of small-scale, resource-poor farmers and other marginalized groups...

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Health care for the world's poorest: Is voluntary (private) health insurance an option?

van der Gaag, Jacques - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007

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Formando alianzas público-privadas para la innovación agrícola: Seguridad alimentaria en la práctica

Hartwich, Frank; Tola, Jaime; Engler, Alejandra; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007

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Review of agricultural extension in India: Are farmers' information needs being met?

Glendenning, Claire J.; Babu, Suresh; Asenso-Okyere, Kwadwo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

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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Agricultural extension in Ethiopia through a gender and governance lens:

Mogues, Tewodaj; Cohen, Marc J.; Birner, Regina; Lemma, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

Drawing on a household survey collected in eight woredas in seven Ethiopian regions in 2009, as well as on qualitative fieldwork in four of the eight woredas, this paper provides analysis of agricultural extension delivery in Ethiopia. While overall extension services are relatively accessible...

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Resilience Programming among Nongovernmental Organizations: Lessons for Policymakers

Frankenberger, Timothy R.; Constas, Mark A.; Nelson, Suzanne - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

This food policy report reviews resilience processes, activities, and outcomes by examining a number of case studies of initiatives by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to enhance resilience capacity, and draws implications for policymakers and other stakeholders looking to strengthen resilience.

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Common-pool resources, livelihoods, and resilience: Critical challenges for governance in Cambodia

Ratner, Blake D. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011

, poverty reduction, and environmental sustainability. This paper examines strategic policy choices and governance challenges … initiatives depends on more systemic governance reforms that address issues of stakeholder representation, mechanisms of …

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The effects of political reservations for women on local governance and rural service provision:

Raabe, Katharina; Sekher, Madhushree; Birner, Regina - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

gender equality in human development by making rural service provision and local governance inclusive and responsive to the … service provision and local governance, the gender bias in human development is still pronounced. This casts doubt on the … effectiveness of reservation policies as an instrument for making rural service provision and local governance more gender equitable …

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Decentralization and public service delivery in Nigeria:

Okojie, Christiana - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

policy in the last two decades. Decentralization is a process of transitioning from a governance structure in which power is … level governments or agencies. It consists of a transfer of public functions from higher tiers to lower tiers of governance. …

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