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Reviving Sri Lanka's Agricultural Research and Extension System : Towards More Innovation and Market Orientation
World Bank - 2013
system s effectiveness for fostering innovation, and propose options for further policy and institutional development … of an innovation systems perspective to organize the major findings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557492
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Sri Lanka : Promoting Agricultural and Rural Non-farm Sector Growth, Volume 1. Main Report
World Bank - 2013
Economic development has brought about, the decline in contribution of the agricultural sector to the economy of Sri Lanka, and, consistent with this economic transformation, the structure of employment also changed. Thus, as labor migrates away from agriculture, the productivity, for those who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559005
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Sri Lanka : Promoting Agricultural and Rural Non-farm Sector Growth, Voume 2. Annexes and Statistical Tables
World Bank - 2013
Economic development has brought about, the decline in contribution of the agricultural sector to the economy of Sri Lanka, and, consistent with this economic transformation, the structure of employment also changed. Thus, as labor migrates away from agriculture, the productivity, for those who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559006
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Innovative firms or innovative owners? : determinants of innovation in micro, small, and medium enterprises
De Mel, Suresh J. - 2009
"Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across … and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have … restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation to consideration of the role of firm characteristics. The authors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394228
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Agricultural extension by training and visit : the Asian experience
Cernea, Michael M. (ed.) - 1983
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000000126
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Chile???s Agricultural Innovation System : An Action Plan Towards 2030
World Bank - 2012
The report builds on the 'towards a vision for agricultural innovation in Chile in 2030' report and is further based on … development of a long-term agricultural innovation strategy. The first paper reviewed the functioning of the three main public …'s agriculture towards 2030, using scenario planning and developing a vision for the future of its agricultural innovation system …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550575
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Paraprofessionals in rural development : issues in field-level staffing for agricultural projects
Esman, Milton J. - 1983
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Digital Climate Information and Agriculture Advisory Delivery Mechanisms in West Africa
World Bank - 2023
By advancing knowledge on digital climate information and agriculture advisory services ('agromet services’) in support of West Africa’s farmers, this report has two objectives. First, it aims to identify priority actions for promoting digital agromet services under the West Africa Food...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014579381
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Building the skills for economic growth and competitiveness in Sri Lanka
Dundar, Halil - 2014
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Are women more credit constrained? : experimental evidence on gender and microenterprise returns
De Mel, Suresh J. - 2008
"This paper analyzes data from a randomized experiment on mean returns to capital in Sri Lankan micro-enterprises. The findings show greater returns among men than among women; indeed, returns were not different from zero for women. The authors explore different explanations for the lower...
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