This book documents a unique series of 19 case studies where agricultural biotechnologies were used to serve the needs of smallholders in developing countries. They cover different regions, production systems, species and underlying socio-economic conditions in the crop (seven case studies), livestock (seven) and aquaculture/fisheries (five) sectors. Most of the case studies involve a single crop, livestock or fish species and a single biotechnology.
The Sourcebook is the outcome of joint planning, continued interest in gender and agriculture, and concerted efforts by the World Bank, FAO, and IFAD. The purpose of the Sourcebook is to act as a guide for practitioners and technical staff inaddressing gender issues and integrating gender-responsive actions in the design and implementation of agricultural projects and programs. It speaks not with gender specialists on how to improve their skills but rather reaches out to technical experts to guide them in thinking through how to integrate gender dimensions into their operations.
The purpose of this paper is to map some elements that can contribute to an IFAD strategy to stimulate and support pro-poor innovations. It is an initial or exploratory document that hopefully will add to an ongoing and necessary debate, and is not intended as a final position paper. The document is organized as follows.
This report provides a synthesis of all findings and information generated through a “stocktaking” process that involved a desk study of Prolinnova documents and evaluation reports, a questionnaire to 40 staff members of international organizations in agricultural research and development (ARD), self-assessment by the Country Platforms (CPs) and backstopping visits to five CPs. In 2014, the Prolinnova network saw a need to re-strategise in a changing context, and started this process by reviewing the activities it had undertaken and assessing its own functioning.
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.
Ce document présente la position de l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) et du Forum mondial pour le conseil rural (GFRAS) sur la place actuelle des services de vulgarisation et de conseil agricole et sur les chemins qu’elle devra suivre à l’avenir. Les résultats présentés dans le document sont destinés à mieux situer la vulgarisation compte tenu de l’avenir de la recherche agricole en faveur du développement.
Este libro trata de la gestión de la innovación y da respuesta a la demanda para difundir, divulgar y transferir el conocimiento científico y tecnológico en ambientes marginados con potencial no aprovechados, procurando aprendizajes como medios de apropiación social de la ciencia y la tecnología, la articulación institucional y organizativas, así como la promoción y el fortalecimiento del sistema científico, tecnológico y de innovación local, y de esa forma contribuir al mejoramiento de la competitividad del sector rural productivo de la región sur sureste de México.
Este documento describe una metodológica de trabajo para promover la innovación de tecnologías agropecuarias, el Agricultural Knowledge Information System and Rural Development (AKIS-RD) o Sistema de Información Agropecuaria (SAI) en la región del estado de Chiapas conocida como la Frailesca, donde actores promotores y actores receptores, se organizaron y trabajaron bajo una lógica de mercado a través de convenios para promover la innovación de tecnologías ligadas al cultivo del maíz
Se discute en este ensayo al sistema tecnológico milpa intercalada en árboles frutales (MIAF), como alternativa a MasAgro, para hacer más productiva y sustentable la agricultura tradicional en pequeño de México. El MIAF ha sido desarrollado por el Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias y el Colegio de Postgraduados en Ciencias Agrícolas en más de 30 años de colaboración. Su diseño persigue la intensificación del paradigma de la agricultura tradicional (PAT) en pequeño.
In order to bring about sustainable transformation and business orientation into the Indian Agriculture sector, there have been schematic interventions to promote unique forms of social capital for farmers, called Farmer Producer organizations (FPOs). Many stakeholders, particularly NGOs, are involved in promoting and handholding these FPOs in a target-driven mode by promoting a large number of such institutions across the country.