Search Results - Organizational effectiveness.

Building cooperative capacity: The specialty coffee sector in Nicaragua by Poole, N., Donovan, J.

“…The study used a framework of organizational structure, strategy, empowerment, and performance to assess business performance and sustainability. …”
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Good data are not enough: Understanding limited information use for climate risk and food security management in Guatemala by Müller, Anna, Bouroncle, Claudia, Gaytán, Ada, Girón, Estuardo, Granados, Andrea, Mora, Vesalio, Portillo, Fernando, Etten, Jacob van

“…Our research shows that investments in technical aspects of data provision and infrastructure for increased climate and food security management need to address institutional and organizational challenges in order to be effective.…”
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Rural population growth, agricultural change and natural resource management in developing countries: a review of hypotheses and some evidence from Honduras by Pender, John L.

“…The results support neo-Malthusian concerns about the effects of population growth on land degradation, but also provide some support to Boserupian predictions that population pressure will induce adoption of labor-intensive land improvements, collective action to manage natural resources, and organizational development. …”
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A strategic framework for the implementation of a European Genebank Integrated System (AEGIS): Discussion paper by European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources

“…One of the ways to improve efficiency and effectiveness and to ensure rational ex situ conservation and use of plant genetic resources in Europe is through the sharing of tasks, based on an active collaboration among genebanks in the long term. …”
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Commercializing dairy and forage systems in Ethiopia: An innovation systems perspective by Lemma, T., Puskur, Ranjitha, Hoekstra, Dirk, Tegegne, Azage

“…The purpose of the research was to identify organizational, institutional and policy options to facilitate market-driven and knowledge-based smallholder dairy development in the country. …”
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Building stronger networks for sustainable climate services in West Africa by Ouedraogo, Adama, Ouedraogo, Mathieu, Byandaga, Livingstone, Mvuyibwami, Patrick, Mbarushimana Kagabo, Desire, Laderach, Peter Roman Django

“…This evidence shows that fixing the specific structural gaps in these organizational networks is essential for building sustainable climate service models that can effectively support West African farmers.…”
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Integrative science in practice : Process perspectives from ASB, the partnership for the tropical forest margins by Tomich, Thomas P., Timmer, D.W., Velarde, S.J., Alegre Orihuela, JC, Areskoug, V., Cash, D.W., Cattaneo, Andrea, Ericksen, Polly J., Joshi, L., Kasyoki, J, Legg, C., Locatelli, M., Murdiyarso, Daniel, Palm, Cheryl A., Porro, R., Rescia Perazzo, A, Salazar Vega, A, Noordwijk, Meine van, Weise, Stephan F., White, D.

“…Moreover, from a methodological perspective, the use of information technology reported in this article proved to be an effective means of triangulating the perceptions of geographically dispersed researchers. …”
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CGIAR GENDER Platform - Plan of Work and Budget 2020 by CGIAR GENDER Platform

“…The development of capacities of researchers and partners in rigorous and high quality gender research for development will build on the methods and approaches developed by the Platform and beyond. Organizational culture change will enable effective integration of gender in agricultural research across CGIAR and its partners. …”
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Inadequacies in the water reforms in the Kyrgyz Republic: an institutional analysis by Ul-Hassan, Mehmood, Starkloff, R., Nizamedinkhodjaeva, Nargiza N.

“…These core water-management functions are, operation of water systems, maintenance, resource mobilization, conflict resolution and organizational management. The report also identifies key issues and challenges that constrain effective stakeholder participation in water-resources management.…”
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Knowing what research organizations actually do, with whom, where, how and for what purpose: Monitoring research portfolios and collaborations by Ekboir, Javier M., Blundo Canto, Genowefa M., Sette, Cristina

“…• The paper presents the first components of a cost-effective system that will be able to monitor changes in research organizations' portfolios and collaborations. • The subsystem that has been developed can describe at particular moments of time what research organizations actually do, with whom, where, how and for what purpose. • Social Network Analysis techniques are used to discover configurations in the structure of a research program and network. • The information generated with the system can be used to monitor and evaluate a research program's organizational learning.…”
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För ett levande landskap i Skåne by Samir Ismail, Dina

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CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture - Plan of Work and Budget 2020 by CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture

“…Some of these outcomes are internal and focused on organizational development, and some are focused on transformations CGIAR can effect in the sector through our extensive, collective, and global partnership networks. …”
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A capacity framework for strengthening science, education and practice of scaling innovation by Schut, Marc, Ronchi, L., Dror, Iddo, Dahl, H., Girvetz, Evan Hartunian, Hanke-Louw, N., Hanna, E., Kilwinger, Fleur B.M., Nortje, K., Thierfelder, Christian L., Mugambi, S., Leeuwis, C.

“…The lack of a comprehensive and realistic understanding of innovation and scaling processes, coupled with limited scaling knowledge and capacity across individual, organizational and system levels hinder the effective scaling of innovations. …”
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Elevating the role of African agri-businesses in climate action: Tools for tracking climate adaptation and measuring impact. by Nowak, Andreea C., Giombini, Valentina, Rosenstock, Todd

“…This initiative empowers agri-SMEs to identify and monitor context-fit and feasible indicators and data systems for effective tracking of climate-adaptation related impacts.…”
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Following Up on Smallholder Farmers and Supermarkets in Kenya by Andersson, Camilla I.M., Chege, Christine Gacheri Kiria, Rao, E.J.O., Qaim, Matin

“…Previous studies have analyzed welfare effects of smallholder participation in supermarket channels from a static perspective, using cross‐section data. …”
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Commercialization of smallholders: Does market orientation translate into market participation? by Gebremedhin, Berhanu, Jaleta, Moti

“…Focusing on either may not be as effective in achieving the transformation.…”
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The basis for Chinese agricultural growth in the 1980s and 1990s: a comment on Document no. 1, 1984. by Stone, Bruce

“…Much of the document is concerned with: (1) consolidating the gains achieved since the late 1970s in transforming rural organization via the production responsibility system and the attendant liberalization of rural markets; (2) extending the current areas of profitability in terms of increased production and the sale of farm goods that have become available through this transformation and especially in terms of reaping the rewards from specialization, hitherto untapped; and (3) more effectively setting the stage for future growth by attempting to generate confidence as to the durability of these organizational, and other critical policy changes.…”
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Institutional implications of governance of local common pool resources on livestock water productivity in Ethiopia by Teklewold, T., Mapedza, Everisto D., Amede, Tilahun

“…Indigenous governance structures for CPR such as the kire are participatory and effective in terms of rule enforcement. Externally initiated governance structures lack acceptance by farmers and sufficient support from local government. …”
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Institutional reforms and agricultural policy process: lessons from Democratic Republic of Congo by Ragasa, Catherine, Babu, Suresh Chandra, Ulimwengu, John M.

“…However, their success depends on organizational and human capacity strengthening, financial sustainability, effective participation of the civil society, and demonstrated impact of their participation. …”
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A Study about the Causes for Low Adoption Rates of Agriculture Research Results in West and Central Africa : Possible Solutions Leading to Greater Future Impacts. by CGIAR Interim Science Council, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Brader, Lukas

“…As a consequence the system agreed to adopt a stronger regional orientation in its research planning and implementation, and to diversify and expand its partnerships to ensure that its limited resources are effectively leveraged in addressing the problems of the poor.The study means to contribute to this new approach by looking into the following issues in relation to the West and Central African region:- the appropriateness of currently available improved technologies giventhe agro-ecological and socio-economic conditions in the region,- the efficiency of the present technology transfer mechanisms in widelyreaching the producers,- the bottlenecks (technical, institutional, organizational and cultural)that restrain the generation, dissemination and adoption of improvedtechnologies, and- implications of the above issues for the new CGIAR regionalizationstrategy, leading into recommendations towards an increased impact ofits future research efforts.This report is an annex to the Interim Science Council's report entitled "Progress Report on Regional Approach to Research".The report was discussed at the stakeholder meeting at AGM02, agenda item 7.…”
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