In order to facilitate improved returns to research and development in African agriculture, the innovation systems approach which engenders the involvement of multiple stakeholders in its innovation pathway, has been proposed.
Wageningen University and Research Centre
Acronym:
WUR
Type of Organization:
Universities / Education / Training
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Wageningen University and Research Centre (also known as Wageningen UR; abbreviation: WUR) consists of Wageningen University and the former agricultural research institutes (Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek (DLO)) of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture. Wageningen UR trains specialists (BSc, MSc and PhD) in life and social sciences and focuses its research on scientific, social and commercial problems in the field of life sciences and natural resources.
Areas of activity:
Capacity development
food
agriculture
Focus of Capacity Development:
Individual
Organizational
Resources from this Organisation
Publication year
2012
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This chapter deals with capacity development (CD), which has been a core issue in international development cooperation policies and practices for decades. The first section outlines what CD entails, why is it important and why at the same time it is so difficult to grasp.
Topic(s)
Publication year
2007
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Seed is the starting point of plant life, and hence the most fundamental input of agriculture. A seed system that assures the availability of the desired quality of seed to the producer at the right time is indispensable for his farming enterprise.
Publication year
2012
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This review aims to introduce the institutional and policy oriented literature on technological innovation into the context of post harvest engineering.
Publication year
2008
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This paper argues that Dutch-funded capacity development projects in developing countries for tertiary agricultural education organisations as they are currently carried out are not able to successfully achieve the sustained changes required.
Topic(s)
Publication year
2013
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