The present case study investigated a policy-induced agricultural innovation network in Brandenburg.
This report has the aim of contributing to the PRO AKIS overall goal of exploring and identifying the possibilities, conditions and requirements of rural networks to enhance the farmers’ ability to create, test, implement and evaluate innovation in cooperation with other actors.In particular, the report presents two cases: the Small Fruit Cluster (SFC) and the Drosophila Suzukii Monitoring (DSM) network. The SFC is a nationwide, multi-actor network composed of several actors, interacting in the small fruit sector in Portugal.
This new Africa Region Sustainable Development Series aims to focus international attention on a range of topics, spur debate, and use robust, evidence-based, informed approaches to advance policy dialogue and policy-making. This new Series synthesizes a large body of work from disparate sources, and uses simple language to convey the findings in an easily-digestible format. Ultimately, we want to seed solutions that can help accelerate the fight to end poverty in Africa.
The World Bank Group (WBG) has a long experience in engaging in biodiversity with world-class expertise in the field. It has been the single largest funder of biodiversity investments since the late 1980s. The WBG investments have largely been of two kinds: (1) investments in biodiversity, aimed at the conservation and sustainable use of species, habitats, and ecosystems that sustain healthy ecosystems, while enhancing people's livelihoods and safety nets.
Este trabajo que busca esbozar unos lineamientos de una estrategia de desarrollo rural con enfoque territorial para la región Caribe colombiana, los cuales pretenden servir a los actores rurales de cada territorio – o sub-región – para que definan la cobertura de lo que consideran su territorio, construyan una visión común del mismo, consensuen sus prioridades de desarrollo, formulen un programa y unos proyectos que les tracen el camino para alcanzar su visión y, lo más importante, pongan todo ello en práctica de manera mancomunada
Este documento haceun análisis sobre la productividad agregada del sector agropecuario en Ecuador, como para la producción de arroz, maíz duro, banano y cacao, tanto por hectárea como por persona empleada, diferenciando por niveles tecnológicos y tipos de productores. La finalidad última es disponer de un análisis actualizado sobre productividad de los principales rubros productivos del país y entre diferentes tipos de productores, con la finalidad de hacer recomendaciones concretas de política pública