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Fifty years ago, Punjab embarked on its famous Green Revolution, leading the rest of India in that innovation, and … new round of agricultural innovation in Punjab. These are: complexity of the agricultural economy, complementary inputs … such as infrastructure, switching costs (including risks), balancing frontier innovation and adaptation, and the relative …
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/medium-sized processors, can be overcome with innovation and technology adoption. Technologies and innovation in these sectors have been both …
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Innovation in agriculture differs from innovation elsewhere in the economy in several important ways. In this chapter …. Informal innovation and technical discovery processes characterized agriculture from its beginnings some 10,000 years ago … century or two. This chapter reviews innovation and technical change in agriculture in this more-recent period, paying …
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describes models of induced innovation and experimentation, considers the political economy of public investments in … agricultural research, and addresses institutions and public policies for managing innovation activity. The second section reviews … the economics of technology adoption in agriculture. Threshold models, diffusion models, and the influence of risk …
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about agriculture. In the last century, innovations were fundamental to achieve population growth, such as the Green … Revolution and its importance for the introduction of large-scale agriculture in the interior of Brazil, making the country a … agriculture, or also known as Agriculture 4.0, has been pointed out as a possible solution to the current and future problems of …
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about agriculture. In the last century, innovations were fundamental to achieve population growth, such as the Green … Revolution and its importance for the introduction of large-scale agriculture in the interior of Brazil, making the country a … agriculture, or also known as Agriculture 4.0, has been pointed out as a possible solution to the current and future problems of …
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is higher than in other areas. The rice innovation system comprised of technology developers, innovators or promoters of … is the government, the Department of Agriculture with its rice programs. Of its various rice programs, the Masagana 99 …
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In this paper some of the key issues related to digitalisation in agriculture and rural areas are addressed. In line …, and centring innovation policies on a clear definition of the problems to be addressed. The paper proposes the concept of … socio-cyber-physical system as a paradigm for policy strategies and for innovation and discusses its implications for …
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yearly, and about 80% of the population depending on rainfed agriculture, water scarcity and dryness constitute serious … constraints for the agriculture and livestock sectors. In addition, the unequal distribution of agricultural land and livestock …
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degradation negatively impacts the environment and the rural poor whose livelihoods depend on it. Opportunities in agriculture and …
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