Agricultural innovation systems : : an investment sourcebook

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: pages cm
• Disciplina: 338.1/6
• Soggetto topico: Agricultural innovations - Economic aspects; Agriculture - Economic aspects; Rural development
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Sourcebook Overview and User Guide -- Module 1: Coordination and Collective Action for Agricultural Innovation -- Overview -- Thematic Note 1 National Coordination and Governance of Agricultural Innovation -- Thematic Note 2 How to Build Innovation Networks -- Thematic Note 3 Facilitating Smallholders' Access to Modern Marketing Chains -- Thematic Note 4 Building Innovation Capabilities in Farmer Organizations -- Innovative Activity Profile 1 No-Till Networks in Developing Countries -- Innovative Activity Profile 2 Learning Organizations That Support Innovation: Mexico's Produce Foundations -- Innovative Activity Profile 3 Chile's Foundation for Agricultural Innovation -- Innovative Activity Profile 4 A Rural Institutional Platform Mobilizes Communities to Become Effective Partners in Agricultural Innovation in Andhra Pradesh -- Innovative Activity Profile 5 In the Networking Age, Cassava Development Relies on Public-Private Research Partnerships -- Innovative Activity Profile 6 Rural Productive Alliances: A Model for Overcoming Market Barriers -- Module 2: Agricultural Education and Training to Support Agricultural Innovation Systems -- Overview -- Thematic Note 1 Reforming Public Agricultural Education at the Tertiary Level -- Thematic Note 2 Curriculum Change in Higher Agricultural Education -- Thematic Note 3 Education and Training for Technician Development -- Thematic Note 4 Reforming the Management of In-Service Training/Learning -- Innovative Activity Profile 1 Reforming India's State Agricultural Universities -- Innovative Activity Profile 2 Transforming Wageningen Agricultural University -- Innovative Activity Profile 3 Curriculum Change in Agricultural Universities Strengthens Links in the Arab Republic of Egypt's Innovation System. ; Innovative Activity Profile 4 Innovative Training Program for Midcareer Agricultural Extension Staff: The Sasakawa Africa Fund Education Program -- Innovative Activity Profile 5 Chiang Mai University Links with Rural Communities to Focus Research on Farming Problems and Foster Curriculum Change -- Innovative Activity Profile 6 EARTH University, Costa Rica: A New Kind of Agricultural University -- Innovative Activity Profile 7 Technical Skills for Export Crop Industries in Uganda and Ethiopia -- Innovative Activity Profile 8 Agribusiness Training for Secondary School Graduates in Timor-Leste -- Innovative Activity Profile 9 Vocational Training in the Arab Republic of Egypt Combines Technical and Innovation Skills for Agriculture -- Module 3: Investment in Extension and Advisory Services as Part of Agricultural Innovation Systems -- Overview -- Thematic Note 1 Pluralistic Extension Systems -- Thematic Note 2 Farming as a Business and the Need for Local (Agri-) Business Development Services -- Thematic Note 3 Extension-Plus: New Roles for Extension and Advisory Services -- Thematic Note 4 The Role of Innovation Brokers in Agricultural Innovation Systems -- Innovative Activity Profile 1 Agrodealer Development in Developing and Emerging Markets -- Innovative Activity Profile 2 Federating Farmer Field Schools in Networks for Improved Access to Services -- Innovative Activity Profile 3 INCAGRO: Developing a Market for Agricultural Innovation Services in Peru -- Innovative Activity Profile 4 Combining Extension Services with Agricultural Credit: The Experience of BASIX India -- Module 4: Agricultural Research within an Agricultural Innovation System -- Overview -- Thematic Note 1 Designing Agricultural Research Linkages within an AIS Framework -- Thematic Note 2 Building and Strengthening Public-Private Partnerships in Agricultural Research. ; Thematic Note 3 Regional Research in an Agricultural Innovation System Framework: Bringing Order to Complexity -- Thematic Note 4 Codesigning Innovations: How Can Research Engage with Multiple Stakeholders? -- Thematic Note 5 Organizational Change for Learning and Innovation -- Innovative Activity Profile 1 Redesigning a Livestock Research Institute to Support Livestock Development within an AIS Approach -- Innovative Activity Profile 2 An Innovative Approach to Agricultural Technology Development and Transfer in India -- Innovative Activity Profile 3 The Agricultural Technology Consortium Model in Chile -- Innovative Activity Profile 4 Linking Research and Development Actors through Learning Alliances -- Module 5: Incentives and Resources for Innovation Partnerships and Business Development -- Overview -- Thematic Note 1 Foundations for Public-Private Partnerships -- Thematic Note 2 Innovation Funds -- Thematic Note 3 Accelerating the Development of Agribusiness Enterprises by Using Business Incubators -- Thematic Note 4 Agricultural Clusters -- Thematic Note 5 Technology Transfer Offices: Facilitating Intellectual Property Protection for Agricultural Innovation -- Thematic Note 6 Risk Capital for Agriculture in Developing and Middle-Income Countries -- Innovative Activity Profile 1 Developing Entrepreneurs through an Agribusiness Incubator at ICRISAT -- Innovative Activity Profile 2 The China Technology Transfer Project -- Innovative Activity Profile 3 Agricultural Cluster Development in Nicaragua -- Innovative Activity Profile 4 Providing Farmers with Direct Access to Innovation Funds -- Module 6: Creating an Enabling Environment for Agricultural Innovation -- Overview -- Thematic Note 1 National Innovation Policy -- Thematic Note 2 Governance of Innovation Systems. ; Thematic Note 3 Managing Intellectual Property to Foster Agricultural Development -- Thematic Note 4 Biosafety Regulatory Systems in the Context of Agricultural Innovation -- Thematic Note 5 Technical Regulations and Standards -- Innovative Activity Profile 1 Developing an Enabling Environment to Improve Zambian Smallholders' Agribusiness Skills and Commercial Orientation -- Innovative Activity Profile 2 Intellectual Property Management in Livestock Veterinary Medicines for Developing Countries -- Innovative Activity Profile 3 Developing a Subregional Approach to Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology in West Africa -- Innovative Activity Profile 4 The Supply Response to New Sources of Demand for Financial and Other Services in Rural Andhra Pradesh -- Module 7: Assessing, Prioritizing, Monitoring, and Evaluating Agricultural Innovation Systems -- Overview -- Thematic Note 1 Assessing Innovation for Prioritizing Investments -- Thematic Note 2 Methods for Organizational Assessments in Agricultural Innovation Systems -- Thematic Note 3 Foresighting Investments in Agricultural Innovation -- Thematic Note 4 Monitoring Agricultural Innovation System Interventions -- Thematic Note 5 Evaluating Agricultural Innovation System Interventions -- Innovative Activity Profile 1 Self-Organizing Networks in Policy and Planning: Experience from Sierra Leone's Partnership for Agricultural Innovation and Development -- Innovative Activity Profile 2 Using Net-Map to Assess and Improve Agricultural Innovation Systems -- Innovative Activity Profile 3 Gender Analysis for the Assessment of Innovation Processes: The Case of Papa Andina in Peru -- Innovative Activity Profile 4 Scenario Planning to Guide Long-Term Investments in Agricultural Science and Technology in India. ; Innovative Activity Profile 5 A Vision for Agriculture in Chile in 2030 and the Implications for Its Innovation System -- Innovative Activity Profile 6 Monitoring and Evaluation in the Fodder Innovation Project -- Innovative Activity Profile 7 Monitoring and Evaluation in the Research Into Use Program -- Glossary -- Authors and Their Affiliations -- Index -- Back Cover.
• Sommario/riassunto: Managing the ability of agriculture to meet rising global demand and to respond to the changes and opportunities will require good policy, sustained investments, and innovation - not business as usual. Investments in public Research and Development, extension, education, and their links with one another have elicited high returns and pro-poor growth, but these investments alone will not elicit innovation at the pace or on the scale required by the intensifying and proliferating challenges confronting agriculture. Experience indicates that aside from a strong capacity in Research and Development, the ability to innovate is often related to collective action, coordination, the exchange of knowledge among diverse actors, the incentives and resources available to form partnerships and develop businesses, and conditions that make it possible for farmers or entrepreneurs to use the innovations. While consensus is developing about what is meant by 'innovation' and 'innovation system', no detailed blueprint exists for making agricultural innovation happen at a given time, in a given place, for a given result. The AIS approach that looks at these multiple conditions and relationships that promote innovation in agriculture, has however moved from a concept to a sub-discipline with principles of analysis and action. AIS investments must be specific to the context, responding to the stage of development in a particular country and agricultural sector, especially the AIS. This sourcebook contributes to identifying, designing, and implementing the investments, approaches, and complementary interventions that appear most likely to strengthen AIS and to promote agricultural innovation and equitable growth. It emphasizes the lessons learned, benefits and impacts, implementation issues, and prospects for replicating or expanding successful practices. The; information in this sourcebook derives from approaches that have been tested at different scales in different contexts. It reflects the experiences and evolving understanding of numerous individuals and organizations concerned with agricultural innovation, including the World Bank. This information is targeted to the key operational staff in international and regional development agencies and national governments who design and implement lending projects and to the practitioners who design thematic programs and technical assistance packages. The sourcebook can also be an important resource for the research community and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).
• Titolo autorizzato: Agricultural innovation systems
• ISBN: 1-283-49182-6; 9786613491824; 0-8213-8944-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812586603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Agriculture and rural development series.; World Bank e-Library.