El análisis de redes sociales aplicado al estudio de los sistemas productivos locales (redes de innovación) contribuye a vislumbrar la complejidad de los procesos de innovación tecnológica y su transferencia en el sector rural, mediante la caracterización de los vínculos que establecen los diversos actores sociales participantes, y que con el tiempo pudieran constituir ambientes regionales de innovación.
El objetivo de esta propuesta es presentar el uso de técnicas estadísticas para analizar y evaluar el proceso de adopción de innovaciones tecnológicas. La metodología que se propone incluye escalas cualitativas para analizarse con técnicas multivariadas como prueba de normalidad multivariada, análisis por componentes principales, aglomerados y correlación canónica. El uso de estas herramientas estadísticas se ejemplificó con un estudio de adopción tecnológica realizada con productores de cebada
La presente investigación busca demostrar la factibilidad de formar una red de valor específica para maíz con alta quantidad de proteina (QPM) en el municipio de Puebla para el año 2012; con este objetivo se proyectaron potenciales de mercado, oferta primaria, demanda primaria y demanda derivada para el municipio de Puebla en 2012; se realizó una evaluación financiera tradicional, para determinar viabilidad económica
En este estudio se analizó la red de valor mango ataulfo en la costa grande del estado de Guerrero, con el propósito de identificar los actores y sus roles, así como los factores que influyen en la competitividad sistémica a nivel micro. El proceso metodológico incluyó la revisión bibliográfica y estadística, así como recorridos de campo, entrevistas y reuniones con diversos actores con el fin de obtener información y datos, los cuales posteriormente fueron capturados, procesados y analizados
This book describes how the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has been trying to improve markets for staple foods in Africa through its Market Access Programme. It describes 13 projects from eight countries (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda) that the programme has supported. The book does not attempt to describe the cases in detail. Rather, it focuses on particular aspects in order to derive lessons from which the project managers, AGRA and other development organizations can learn.
This paper presents an overview of current opportunities and challenges facing efforts to increase the impact of rural and agricultural extension. The starting point for this analysis is in recognition that the days when agricultural extension was synonymous with the work of public sector agencies are over.
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.
This poster analyzes the status, challenges and opportunities of the Kyeni local innovation platform that was put up to sustainably evaluate, disseminate and hasten adoption of CA technologies involving maize/ legume cropping systems in eastern Kenya. Establishment and maintenance of IPs is one of the action oriented research approaches for technology transfer in the ACIAR funded Sustainable Intensification of Maize-Legume Cropping Systems for Food Security in Eastern and Southern Africa (SIMLESA) project such as Kyeni Local Innovation Platform.
The Improved Agriculture for Smallholders Western Kenya (TASK) is one of five projects in the five-year USAID funded Development Assistance Program (DAP) II referred to as Sustainable Livelihood Security for Vulnerable Households program in Nyanza province. It aims to improve, in a sustainable manner, food and livelihood security for 4500 vulnerable households in 7 districts in Nyanza province.
This policy brief shows how digital tools can help to ensure that public money for agricul-tural extension is spent wisely. Governments often fund offices, training centers, and the salaries of extension officers, but cannot eas-ily review the impacts of these expenditures. This is because the activities of extension agents are not monitored systematically. Ex-ension services rarely generate quantitative data on the effects of their work.