This report provides a synthesis of all findings and information generated through a “stocktaking” process that involved a desk study of Prolinnova documents and evaluation reports, a questionnaire to 40 staff members of international organizations in agricultural research and development (ARD), self-assessment by the Country Platforms (CPs) and backstopping visits to five CPs. In 2014, the Prolinnova network saw a need to re-strategise in a changing context, and started this process by reviewing the activities it had undertaken and assessing its own functioning.
En este documento se presenta un estudio de la Red de Cooperación para la Innovación y el Desarrollo del Territorio en temas forestales, en el Área de Influencia de la Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Delta del Paraná del INTA, con enfoque teórico de Análisis de Red Social. Los objetivos fueron describir la red, investigar su estructura y analizar si había sinergia entre Cooperación y Capital Social. Con una encuesta y entrevistas semi estructuradas, se dio cuenta de la existencia de redes de cooperación y de vínculos favorecedores del Capital Social.
Se presenta un estudio de la dinámica de relacionamiento que tiene lugar en los procesos de aprendizaje en sistemas de innovación agroalimentarios regionales, y la manera en que INTA interviene en ellos. El estudio se enfoca desde la perspectiva institucional del evolucionismo, utilizando como herramienta el concepto de redes elaborado desde la sociología del conocimiento. Se pone en juego el sistema de ciencia, tecnología e innovación, en cuanto a su coordinación, conformación y a las políticas públicas que lo rigen.
Este libro está dirigido a todos aquellos interesados en la innovación como fenómeno sistémico. El marco teórico general es el de los siste-mas de innovación, dada su capacidad de explicación de un fenómeno complejo, su centralidad en el diseño de políticas y –como se verá a lo largo del libro– su potencial para discutir los problemas del desarrollo. Este libro no pretende ser un manual, en el sentido que se presentarán elementos centrales y constitutivos del enfoque y relaciones de causas y consecuencias.
This book documents a unique series of 19 case studies where agricultural biotechnologies were used to serve the needs of smallholders in developing countries. They cover different regions, production systems, species and underlying socio-economic conditions in the crop (seven case studies), livestock (seven) and aquaculture/fisheries (five) sectors. Most of the case studies involve a single crop, livestock or fish species and a single biotechnology.
This presentation for the Third Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD3,Johannesburg, South Africa, 5-8 April 2016) illustrates the main goals and activities of the Tropical Agriculture Platform, the multilateral facilitation mechanism established by the G20 to promote greater coherence and impact of capacity development (CD) for agricultural innovation systems (AIS).
The paper specifically proposes a framework to detect and quantify non-linear consequences in response to progressively deteriorating chain fragility factors. The paper’s approach is a novel alternative to the traditional value chain ‘risk assessment’.
This paper examines the determinants of participation in an outsourced extension programs and its impact of smallholder farmers' net farm income in Msinga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to obtain cross-sectional farm-level data from a sample of 300 farm households, using a structured questionnaire for the interview. The determinants and impacts of participation were estimated using the propensity score matching (PSM) to account for sample selection bias.
The contributions and dynamic interaction of thousands of stakeholders from all sectors have created the GCARD (Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development) Roadmap, providing a clear path forward for all involved. The Roadmap highlights the urgent changes required in Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D) systems globally, to address worldwide goals of reducing hunger and poverty, creating opportunity for income growth while ensuring environmental sustainability and particularly meeting the needs of resource-poor farmers and consumer.
This brief report lays out ten theories of advocacy and policy change. These theories are intended to articulate the policy making process and identify causal connections supported by research to explain how and why a change may or may not occur. It further provides examples of the way in which advocates, funders, and evaluators can use these theories in their work.