This document represents a collaborative effort by the Secretariat of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) and the Regional Forums to agree on a common policy for advocacy on Information and Communication Management. The recognition of knowledge as a critical resource for practising efficient farming and developing agriculture makes sharing and exchange of knowledge globally vital for agricultural development.
Presentation for the AARINENA General Assembly. Damascus. 12-14 October 2008 on enhancing Information and Knowledge Systems for Agricultural Research and Innovation in West Asia and North Africa (WANA). In particular, the presentation outlines the need to enhance Information and Knowledge Systems in WANA, the priority areas for enhancing information and knowledge systems in WANA, the role of GFAR and its members in enhancing information and knowledge systems in WANA.
This declaration, by the participants of the V FORAGRO Meeting, aims at promoting agriculture with knowledge and at adopting the perspective of innovation in the technological policies and in the organisations.
This paper synthesizes Component 2 of the Regoverning Markets Programme. It is based on 38 empirical case studies where small-scale farmers and businesses connected successfully to dynamic markets, doing business with agri-processors and supermarkets. The studies aimed to derive models, strategies and policy principles to guide public and private sector actors in promoting greater participation of small-scale producers in dynamic markets. This publication forms part of the Regoverning Markets project.
El documento describe en forma breve, la participación de CRS SV en la Alianza de Aprendizaje en Centroamérica desde el 2003 hasta el 2007
El documento hace un análisis reflexivo de las experiencias vividas por Cáritas San Marcos a partir de la influencia que los actores participantes en la Alianza de Aprendizaje han tenido en sus programas y proyectos, específicamente, dentro del área de desarrollo agroempresarial rural
El presente texto documenta la experiencia de la Alianza de Aprendizaje en Centroamérica durante el periodo comprendido entre el 2003 y el 2007, y brinda reflexiones entorno a los alcances, el camino recorrido y las lecciones que el proceso ha dejado entre sus participantes luego de cuatro años de trabajo.
El presente documento busca evaluar y documentar los cambios organizacionales e institucionales generados en el marco de la Alianza de Aprendizaje y el impacto de estos cambios en el desarrollo socioeconómico de las familias rurales -población meta de los socios de la Alianza-, en algunos sitios seleccionados.
This paper explores the application of the innovation systems framework to the design and construction of national agricultural innovation indicators. Optimally, these indicators could be used to gauge and benchmark national performance in developing more responsive, dynamic, and innovative agricultural sectors in developing countries.
Innovation system approach offers an holistic, multidisciplinary and comprehensive framework for analyzing innovation process, the roles of science and technology actors and their interactions, emphazing on wider stakeholder participation, linkages and institutional context of innovation and processes. This paper was aimed to: 1. review the concept of innovation system; 2. appraise the application to agriculture and its relevance and 3. analyze the policy implications for agricultural extension delivery in Nigeria.