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.
This paper illustrates the Small Stock Innovation Platform, an initiative which is one of the key tangible outcomes of the Strengthening Capacity in Agricultural Research for Development in Africa (SCARDA) program, focused on strengthening capacity in agricultural research systems in selected countries and institutions in all three sub-regions of Sub Saharan Africa.
This report is based on the outputs of a one week Exposure and Exchange Programme (EEP) in India hosted by the Self-employed Women’s Association (SEWA) with African women leaders of producer organizations from West and Central Africa. This report critically evaluates the SEWA model and draws conclusions relevant to African women producers organizations to better meet the challenges of raising Africa’s agricultural potential, improve incomes for small farmers, and ensure greater food security.
This paper traces the evolution of the innovation systems framework within the agricultural sector in Sub-Saharan Africa, and presents a conceptual framework for agricultural innovation systems. The difference between innovation ecology/ecosystems and intervention-based innovations systems is highlighted, given that these two concepts are used at different levels in promoting and sustaining agricultural innovations.
This paper presents findings of an explorative case study that looked at 22 organisations identified as fulfilling an intermediary role in the Kenyan agricultural sector. The results show that these organisations fulfill functions that are not limited to distribution of knowledge and putting it into use. The functions also include fostering integration and interaction among the diverse actors engaged in innovation networks and working on technological, organisational and institutional innovation.
This paper presents the processes, general guidelines lessons and experiences pertaining to “good practices” for organizing and forming Agricultural Innovation Platforms in the Lake Kivu Pilot Learning Site, covering three countries (Uganda, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo) with widely differing social political environments to address agricultural development challenges.
The question of how agricultural research can best be used for developmental purposes is a topic of some debate in developmental circles. The idea that this is simply a question of better transfer of ideas from research to farmers has been largely discredited. Agricultural innovation is a process that takes a multitude of different forms, and, within this process, agricultural research and expertise are mobilised at different points in time for different purposes. This paper uses two key analytical principles in order to find how research is actually put into use.
This paper examines how the different institutional innovations arising from various permutations of linkages and interactions of ARD organizations (national, international advanced agricultural research centres and universities) influenced the different outcomes in addressing identified ARD problems.