Assessment of Agricultural technology development and transfer in St. Kitts and Nevis

The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis is bent on developing agriculture to boost its economy. This goal presents a stimulating challenge to the institutional technology development and transfer system for modernizing the sector and spurring its diversification. The Technology Development and Transfe...

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Main Authors: Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), Pinchinat, Antonio M.
Format: Libro
Language:Inglés
Published: Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) 2017
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Online Access:http://repositorio.iica.int/handle/11324/2759
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spelling RepoIICA27592023-05-25T20:12:00Z Assessment of Agricultural technology development and transfer in St. Kitts and Nevis Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) Pinchinat, Antonio M. Cambio tecnológico||technological changes||mudança tecnológica||changement technologique Transferencia de tecnología||technology transfer||transferência de tecnologia||transfert de technologie Política de desarrollo||development policies||política de desenvolvimento||politique de développement Santa Lucia||Saint Lucia||Santa Lúcia||Sainte-Lucie Saint Kitts y Nevis||Saint Kitts and Nevis||Saint Kitts e Nevis||Saint-Kitts-et-Nevis Representación Santa Lucía The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis is bent on developing agriculture to boost its economy. This goal presents a stimulating challenge to the institutional technology development and transfer system for modernizing the sector and spurring its diversification. The Technology Development and Transfer Structure (TDTS) must aim particularly at increasing productivity to compensate for the smallness of the land area while improving efficiency in the use of water to compensate for the dryness of the climate. Enlightened technology policy, streamlined functional organization of the structures dealing with technology development and transfer and upgraded managerial capability of the relevant professionals, especially in research/development and extension, must be key objectives of the Department of Agriculture as core TDTS institution in each island. As the institutional composition of the local Agricultural TDTS differs between the two islands, these will be trated separately for practical purposes. Contents: Technology Development and Transfer Structure, Basic Institutional Constrains, General recommendations for St Kitts and Nevis, and Specific Proposals 2017-04-05T20:26:17Z 2017-04-05T20:26:17Z 1991 Libro http://repositorio.iica.int/handle/11324/2759 en 50 pages application/pdf Castries, Santa Lucía Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)
institution Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura
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language Inglés
topic Cambio tecnológico||technological changes||mudança tecnológica||changement technologique
Transferencia de tecnología||technology transfer||transferência de tecnologia||transfert de technologie
Política de desarrollo||development policies||política de desenvolvimento||politique de développement
Santa Lucia||Saint Lucia||Santa Lúcia||Sainte-Lucie
Saint Kitts y Nevis||Saint Kitts and Nevis||Saint Kitts e Nevis||Saint-Kitts-et-Nevis
Representación Santa Lucía
spellingShingle Cambio tecnológico||technological changes||mudança tecnológica||changement technologique
Transferencia de tecnología||technology transfer||transferência de tecnologia||transfert de technologie
Política de desarrollo||development policies||política de desenvolvimento||politique de développement
Santa Lucia||Saint Lucia||Santa Lúcia||Sainte-Lucie
Saint Kitts y Nevis||Saint Kitts and Nevis||Saint Kitts e Nevis||Saint-Kitts-et-Nevis
Representación Santa Lucía
Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)
Pinchinat, Antonio M.
Assessment of Agricultural technology development and transfer in St. Kitts and Nevis
description The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis is bent on developing agriculture to boost its economy. This goal presents a stimulating challenge to the institutional technology development and transfer system for modernizing the sector and spurring its diversification. The Technology Development and Transfer Structure (TDTS) must aim particularly at increasing productivity to compensate for the smallness of the land area while improving efficiency in the use of water to compensate for the dryness of the climate. Enlightened technology policy, streamlined functional organization of the structures dealing with technology development and transfer and upgraded managerial capability of the relevant professionals, especially in research/development and extension, must be key objectives of the Department of Agriculture as core TDTS institution in each island. As the institutional composition of the local Agricultural TDTS differs between the two islands, these will be trated separately for practical purposes. Contents: Technology Development and Transfer Structure, Basic Institutional Constrains, General recommendations for St Kitts and Nevis, and Specific Proposals
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author Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)
Pinchinat, Antonio M.
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title Assessment of Agricultural technology development and transfer in St. Kitts and Nevis
title_short Assessment of Agricultural technology development and transfer in St. Kitts and Nevis
title_full Assessment of Agricultural technology development and transfer in St. Kitts and Nevis
title_fullStr Assessment of Agricultural technology development and transfer in St. Kitts and Nevis
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of Agricultural technology development and transfer in St. Kitts and Nevis
title_sort assessment of agricultural technology development and transfer in st. kitts and nevis
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