El objetivo general de este trabajo es realizar un diagnóstico de la posición que ocupa la Argentina en el comercio mundial de las cadenas de origen agrícola, y evaluar las posibilidades que se le presentan al país para mejorar su inserción en los mercados de estos productos. Este documento se compone de tres secciones. En la primera de ellas se realiza una descripción general a nivel de cadenas de todos los aspectos abarcados en el trabajo.
Este documento complementa el análisis cualitativo de la estructura productiva agroindustrial con resultados cuantitativos de un modelo de cadena de valor y busca, explícitamente, capturar las interrelaciones entre los múltiples eslabones de las cadenas agroindustriales.
El objeto del libro es dar cuenta de las principales innovaciones, así como de la riqueza de planteamientos y enfoques de políticas para promover y potenciar la contribución del sector al desarrollo sostenible e inclusivo de las sociedades latinoamericanas y del Caribe. El segundo capítulo trae un rápido análisis acerca de las características de la agricultura regional y de sus posibilidades de inserción en la futura agricultura mundial.
The present manual provides a reference framework for the strategic and operational work in the field of capacity development. It is addressed to all staff of ADC in Austria as well as in the coordination offices, to non-governmental and implementing organisations, to stakeholders in partner countries, other donors and members of the public interested in development policy.
The aim of this study was to explore the interactions that exist among agricultural stakeholders in the southwestern highlands of Uganda as a way of identifying opportunities and gaps for operation of Innovation Platforms (IPs) under the proof of concept of Integrated Agricultural Research for Development (IAR4D) research project.
LenCD has prepared a joint statement on results and capacity development (presented in this publication), which stresses that meaningful, sustainable results are premised on proper investments in capacity development and that these results materialize at different levels and at different times, along countries’ development trajectory. To provide evidence in support of this statement, LenCD launched a call for submission of stories.
The Africa Leadership Training and Capacity Building Program (Africa Lead), aims to support the capacity building program of the US Government’s Feed the Future Initiative, which aligns US Government assistance with Africa-owned agriculture development plans that are, in turn, aligned with the African Union’s Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program.
The Africa Leadership Training and Capacity Building Program (Africa Lead), aims to support the capacity building program of the US Government’s Feed the Future Initiative, which aligns US Government assistance with Africa-owned agriculture development plans that are, in turn, aligned with the African Union’s Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP).
This paper is a case study of capacity strengthening activities carried out at the Agricultural Research Corporation in Sudan between July 2008 and March 2011. These activities were undertaken through the project ‘Strengthening Capacity for Agricultural Research and Development (SCARDA)’ which was implemented in the East and Central Africa region by the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in East and Central Africa.
This document aims to guide a small team tasked to assess the capacity for agricultural innovation in a multi-stakeholder context. The context might be an actual or potential “innovation platform” such as the three commodity-based platforms selected for the piloting capacity assessment methods, or it might be a project or programme that is more generally focused on strengthening of innovation within a subsector of agriculture within a country, such as livestock or horticulture.