Search Results - "agricultural research"

  1. The malleability of participation: the politics of agricultural research under neoliberalism in Bolivia by Córdoba, Diana M., Jansen, Kees, González, Carolina

    Published 2014
    “…Drawing on a distinction between a liberal and a neoliberal moment in the restructuring of agricultural research, we study the case of PROINPA (Foundation for the Promotion and Research of Andean Products), a national NGO that was once part of the state system for agricultural research but was then privatized. …”
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  2. Agricultural Research Investments in Sub-saharan Africa - Recent Trends by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

    Published 2004
    “…This article reviews the major investment and institutional trends in agricultural research in sub-Saharan African (SSA) since the early1970s, drawing directly on a new set of data for the 1990s developed through a comprehensive survey conducted in 27 cou…”
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  3. Re-focusing agricultural research to deal with farmers' real issues by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

    Published 2013
    “…The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) in collaboration with the Government of Ghana will convene the 6th Africa Agriculture Science Week from July 15-19 in Accra, a continental gathering of all stakeholders involved in African agriculture. …”
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  4. Innovation platforms: experiences with their institutional embedding in agricultural research for development by Schut, Marc, Klerkx, Laurens, Sartas, Murat, Lamers, D., Campbell, M., Ogbonna, I., Kaushik, P., Atta-Krah, Kwesi, Leeuwis, Cees

    Published 2016
    “…Innovation Platforms (IPs) are seen as a promising vehicle to foster a paradigm shift in agricultural research for development (AR4D). By facilitating interaction, negotiation and collective action between farmers, researchers and other stakeholders, IPs can contribute to more integrated, systemic innovation that is essential for achieving agricultural development impacts. …”
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  5. Research on biological nitroten fixation in the international agricultural research centers by Graham, Peter H.

    Published 1982
    “…Five of the international agricultural research centers (IARC's) currently have research programs in the area of biological nitrogen (N2) fixation. …”
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