Building an agricultural research for development system in Africa

This paper discusses how impact-oriented agricultural research for development systems in Africa can be better organized and managed. Specifically, the paper puts forth the argument that achieving the development targets set by African leaders and the international community, for example, through th...

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Autores principales: Mbabu, Adiel, Ochieng, Cosmas M. O.
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160521
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author Mbabu, Adiel
Ochieng, Cosmas M. O.
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description This paper discusses how impact-oriented agricultural research for development systems in Africa can be better organized and managed. Specifically, the paper puts forth the argument that achieving the development targets set by African leaders and the international community, for example, through the Millennium Development Goals, will be extremely difficult without a satisfactory re-orientation of the organization and management of African research for development systems. Such a re-orientation involves carefully linking the agricultural research agenda with national development priorities; improving coordination, interaction, interlinkages, partnerships, and networks among system agents—that is, agricultural research institutes, extension systems, higher education institutions, farmer organizations, civil society, and the private sector—and finding innovative financing and resourcing mechanisms to support the numerous components of the system.
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spelling CGSpace1605212025-11-06T06:29:10Z Building an agricultural research for development system in Africa Mbabu, Adiel Ochieng, Cosmas M. O. agricultural research development research institutions research funding organization of research management agricultural extension This paper discusses how impact-oriented agricultural research for development systems in Africa can be better organized and managed. Specifically, the paper puts forth the argument that achieving the development targets set by African leaders and the international community, for example, through the Millennium Development Goals, will be extremely difficult without a satisfactory re-orientation of the organization and management of African research for development systems. Such a re-orientation involves carefully linking the agricultural research agenda with national development priorities; improving coordination, interaction, interlinkages, partnerships, and networks among system agents—that is, agricultural research institutes, extension systems, higher education institutions, farmer organizations, civil society, and the private sector—and finding innovative financing and resourcing mechanisms to support the numerous components of the system. 2006 2024-11-21T09:51:00Z 2024-11-21T09:51:00Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160521 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Mbabu, Adiel N.; Ochieng, Cosmas M.O. Building an agricultural research for development system in Africa. ISNAR Discussion Paper 8. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160521
spellingShingle agricultural research
development
research institutions
research funding
organization of research
management
agricultural extension
Mbabu, Adiel
Ochieng, Cosmas M. O.
Building an agricultural research for development system in Africa
title Building an agricultural research for development system in Africa
title_full Building an agricultural research for development system in Africa
title_fullStr Building an agricultural research for development system in Africa
title_full_unstemmed Building an agricultural research for development system in Africa
title_short Building an agricultural research for development system in Africa
title_sort building an agricultural research for development system in africa
topic agricultural research
development
research institutions
research funding
organization of research
management
agricultural extension
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160521
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