La innovación es considerada como un factor de supervivencia organizacional y necesita de elementos de gestión que contribuyan a su sustento y vigencia en el tiempo, manteniendo así su objetivo primordial que es la usabilidad y la generación de ganancias.
This collection of posters from the TAP-AIS project illustrates key achievements of the project towards strengthening national agricultural innovation systems (AIS) in Africa (Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Malawi, Rwanda, Senegal), Latin America (Colombia), Asia and the Pacific (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Pakistan). For each of these nine countries, and for their respective regions, the posters provide: i) thematic focus and context; ii) constraints in the AIS; iii) capacity development interventions; iv) outcomes; v) the way forward.
Ésta investigación cualitativa, se desarrolló bajo la metodología de estudio de caso, donde se analizaron seis proyectos de asistencia técnica en tanto sus enfoques y métodos, así como la generación de capacidades y algunos elementos que puedan propiciar el fomento de capital social con los productores de caucho del municipio de Chaguaní, Cundinamarca durante los años 2004 al 2014.
El interés de realizar esta investigación fue evidenciar los aportes del enfoque de cadena de valor al desarrollo territorial rural, para el cual se seleccionó un caso piloto correspondiente al proyecto denominado "Diversificación de zonas de ladera con productos de alto valor: mieles especiales" llevado a cabo en el departamento del Huila durante los años 2005 al 2007, por un grupo multidisciplinario de investigadores cuyo objetivo fue el fortalecimiento y mejoramento de la competitividad de la cadena apícola liderada por la cooperativa integral de apicultures de Huila - COAPI
Seed is the starting point of plant life, and hence the most fundamental input of agriculture. A seed system that assures the availability of the desired quality of seed to the producer at the right time is indispensable for his farming enterprise. In the case of the potato crop, the seed most commonly used is strictly speaking no seed, but a tuber. The constraints and opportunities in seed potato systems in East Africa are of a combined social, economic and technical nature.
This Doctoral thesis analyzes the Ethiopian agricultural innovation, in particular the case of dairy farming and business in the Addis Ababa milk shed. The innovation capacity assessment model is used to develop the methodology of this study. Data collection, guided by the key components of the innovation system framework, include sector mapping, historical evolution of the sector, resource base analysis, interactions between actors, the policy environment, habits and practices, and resilient features and leverage points.
The citizens of Lesotho rely on a complex web of livelihood strategies made primarily of family kinships and strong community networks. Recently, community breakdowns have occurred because of extensive land degradation, soil erosion, widespread poverty, and HIV/AIDs. This thesis focuses on two aspects which are likely to help decrease the problems earlier stated.
Farmers Training Center (FTC)-based farmer training is an emerging extension strategy geared towards human capital development through need-based, hands-on practical training in order to facilitate agricultural transformation and rural livelihood improvement. Although FTCs were established and made functional in the Tigray National Regional State and Alamata Woreda no systematic assessment of the relevance and effectiveness of the training were made.
The Policy Compendium for Rural Advisory Services (RAS) is a tool that contributes to filling the gap between the rural advisory services (RAS) policy environment and RAS efforts in the field. It helps direct decisions and facilitate successful policy processes and outcomes in extension and advisory services by making knowledge accessible, fostering synergies and promoting policy processes to improve RAS and rural development. It has two purposes.
Les mutations du secteur agricole bamiléké (Ouest-Cameroun) ont été très importantes depuis le milieu des années 80, marqué par la chute des prix du café, alors principale production du pays Bamiléké, et par la crise économique au Cameroun. Dans cette thèse, le concept de dispositif (Foucault, Moisdon, Maugeri, RIDT-INRA) est l'outil principal d'analyse de ce secteur agricole.