This presentation was prepared for the meeting of the Executive Committee of FORAGRO which was held in Montpellier, France, on march 2010. The main points discussed here are the following:
- Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) context from the perspective of agricultural Research, Development & Innovation (RD&I)
- FORAGRO – Stakeholders and Lines of Action
- Processes of identification of priorities in LAC
- Regional Consultation Process for the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD)
- Priority topics for LAC Region
This research aimed to figure out the attitude and readiness of agriculture extension officers in using the Information and Communication Technology. Data collection was done through a survey with total sample 60 respondents. Data gained were primary data from questionnaire filling by respondents who were all extension officers in Food Security and Extension Implementation Agency. Data analyses used in this research were reliability and validity analysis, Fishbein’s Attitude Model, and regression analysis which continued with F and t test.
This book presents feedback from the ‘Territorial Agroecological Transition in Action’- TATA-BOX research project, which was devoted to these specific issues. The multidisciplinary and multi-organisation research team steered a four-year action-research process in two territories of France.
This book presents:
En este trabajo se desarrolla la investigación como estudio de caso, con información generada por los productores asociados en Amigos de Ozolco, durante dos años de operación y acompañamiento. El estudio de caso permite medir y registrar la conducta de las personas involucradas en nuestra situación de estudio, con información verbal y datos obtenidos desde fuentes cualitativas y cuantitativas, primarias y secundarias; esto es, documentos, registros de archivos, entrevistas directas, observación directa, observación de los participantes e instalaciones y objetos físicos.
Participatory plant breeding (PPB) is based on the decentralization of selection in farmers’ fields and their involvement in decision-making at all steps of the breeding scheme. Despite the evidence of its benefits to develop population varieties adapted to diversified and local practices and conditions, such as organic farming, PPB is still not widely used. There is a need to share more broadly how the different programs have overcome scientific, practical, and organizational issues and produced a large number of positive outcomes.
This material was presented duting the conference: Big Data, a multiscale solution for a sustainable agriculture in Copenhagen Denmark in 2017 and brings an overview of the technological innovations of the French agricultural sector.
Although Colombia has the potential to be a cocoa producer for fine flavor and high value markets, it is not greatly recognized as such. In spite of the government’s interest to position the country as a major specialty cocoa producer, no strategic actions have been taken to develop and strengthen this aspect of the value chain.
El propósito del presente artículo es aplicar, como instrumento metodológico, el esquema teórico de los conglomerados para analizar la cadena productiva del aloe en Falcón (Venezuela), y derivar del mismo potenciales elementos clave que es necesario atender para evolucionar de una actividad tradicional y semiindustrial, hacia un competitivo conglomerado industrial sostenido en los atributos de este sector productivo
The integration of ethics into the day-to-day work of research and innovation (R&I) is an important but difficult challenge. However, with the Aachen method for identification, classification and risk analysis of innovation-based problems (AMICAI) an approach from an engineering perspective is presented that enables the integration of ethical, legal and social implications into the day-to-day work of R&I practitioners.
Le secteur agricole dans la bande de Gaza est confronté à un certain nombre de problèmes systémiques dont le plus important est l’épuisement de son aquifère côtier, qui est la seule source d’eau douce. L’aquifère est également extrêmement pollué, et la salinité élevée des eaux souterraines empêche certains des légumes les plus produits dans la bande de Gaza d’avoir un rendement satisfaisant.