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Book Agricultural research in Latin America and the Caribbean

Download or read book Agricultural research in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Stads, Gert-Jan and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2016-04-27 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report assesses trends in investments, human resource capacity, and research outputs in agricultural R&D—excluding the private (for-profit) sector—in LAC. It is an update of Stads and Beintema (2009), covering a more complete set of countries and focusing primarily on developments during 2006–2012/2013.1 The analysis draws largely from a set of country factsheets prepared by Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI), which is led by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), using comprehensive datasets derived from primary surveys and additional secondary sources targeting close to 700 agencies in 27 LAC countries.

Book Institutional Change and Effective Financing of Agricultural Research in Latin America

Download or read book Institutional Change and Effective Financing of Agricultural Research in Latin America written by Ruben G. Echeverría and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The economic and institutional environment for NARS in the 1990s; Public and private sector funding and execution of research: key concepts; Alternative financing mechanisms; Perspectives for the year 2000 and beyond.

Book Institutional Aspects of Agricultural Research Organization in Latin America  Problems  Perspectives and Policy Issues

Download or read book Institutional Aspects of Agricultural Research Organization in Latin America Problems Perspectives and Policy Issues written by and published by Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE. This book was released on with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book National Agricultural Research Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean

Download or read book National Agricultural Research Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean written by César Morales and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Technical Change And Social Conflict In Agriculture

Download or read book Technical Change And Social Conflict In Agriculture written by Martin E Pineiro and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-21 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the intellectual production of the first phase of the Cooperative Research Project on Agricultural Technology in Latin America (PROTAAL) and the most relevant papers presented by invitees at a meeting held in San Jose, Costa Rica in September 1981.

Book Non governmental Organizations and the State in Latin America

Download or read book Non governmental Organizations and the State in Latin America written by Anthony Bebbington and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Book Partners in Research

Download or read book Partners in Research written by Grant McDonald Scobie and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After decades of neglect, the agricultural sector in many countries of Latin America is receiving renewed attention. As part of this, the establishment and consolidation in Latin America of three international centers funded through the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) account for a small but significant part of the growth in agricultural research. The importance of the centers lies not in the additional funding they bring, but rather in their collaboration with national research programs. There is increasing evidence that these centers have helped to expand the capacity of many national programs, especially in the numerous smaller countries. Their sustained funding, apolitical nature and international scientific linkages have added an important dimension to the region's own enhanced capacity for agricultural research. The accelerated growth in the yields and output of staple foods in Latin America achieved over the past decade is striking testimony to the strengthened national research programs which are receiving, testing, adapting and releasing technologies developed through their collaboration with international centers.

Book Agriculture  Technological Change  and the Environment in Latin America  A 2020 Perspective

Download or read book Agriculture Technological Change and the Environment in Latin America A 2020 Perspective written by Eduardo J. Trigo, ArgenINTA Foundation and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 1995 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Colombia

    Book Details:
  • Author : Marcelo Giugale
  • Publisher : World Bank Publications
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9780821353486
  • Pages : 1080 pages

Download or read book Colombia written by Marcelo Giugale and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 1080 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent political changes in Colombia have opened up possibilities to think beyond the long-standing conflict and violence to promote a development agenda, based upon economic growth, social welfare and environmental protection. This publication contains various policy papers which seek to contribute to the national debate on options to address these development challenges. The book is intended to provide the incoming Colombian presidential administration with a comprehensive policy discussion regarding the country's development agenda.

Book Public Private Collaboration in Agricultural Research

Download or read book Public Private Collaboration in Agricultural Research written by Keith O. Fuglie and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-09-25 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of technology transfer in agricultural research collaborations Public-Private Collaboration in Agricultural Research: New Institutional Arrangements and Economic Implications examines the impact of the private-sector takeover of the field, and what it means for funding, research, technology, and more. Beginning with U.S. agricultural research financing, the discussion moves on to cover plant and animal research investments, collaborating institutions, and the international significance of technology spillover and transfer. From intellectual property rights and the CRADA Model to seed generation and other agricultural technology, this book offers a thought-provoking overview of global collaboration at this critical intersection of science and human welfare.

Book Proceedings of the Workshop Strengthening Agricultural Research in Latin America and the Caribbean

Download or read book Proceedings of the Workshop Strengthening Agricultural Research in Latin America and the Caribbean written by International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Agricultural R and D in the Developing World

Download or read book Agricultural R and D in the Developing World written by Philip G. Pardey and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2006 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The world's agricultural economy was transformed remarkably during the 20th century. The agricultural productivity growth that fueled this change was generated primarily by agricultural R&D financed and conducted by a small group of rich countries-especially the United States, but also Japan, Germany, and France. In an increasingly interdependent world, both rich and poor countries have depended on agricultural research conducted in the private and public laboratories of these few countries, even if they have not contributed to financing the activity. But now the rich-country research agendas are shifting. In particular, they are no longer as interested in simple productivity enhancement. Dietary patterns and other priorities change as incomes increase. Food-security concerns are still pervasive among poor people, predominantly in poor countries. In rich countries we see a declining emphasis on enhancing the production of staple foods and an increasing emphasis on enhancing certain attributes of food (such as growing demand for processed and so-called functional foods) and on food production systems (such as organic farming, humane livestock production systems, localized food sources, and "fair trade" coffee). In addition to growing differences between rich and poor countries in consumer demand for innovation, research agendas may diverge because of differences in producer and processor demands. Farmers in rich countries are demanding high-technology inputs that often are not as relevant for subsistence agriculture (such as precision farming technology or other capital-intensive methods). As well as differences in value-adding processes to serve consumer demands, differences in farm production technologies are emerging to serve the evolving agribusiness demands for farm products with specific attributes for particular food, feed, energy, medical, or industrial applications.The purpose of this volume is to document the changing institutions and investments in agricultural R&D in less-developed countries, in part to form a companion volume to Paying for Agricultural Productivity by providing a more complete global picture of the issues."

Book Latin American Agricultural Research   The Public Sector Problems and Perspectives

Download or read book Latin American Agricultural Research The Public Sector Problems and Perspectives written by International Service for National Agricultural Research and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Strengthening National Agricultural Research Systems

Download or read book Strengthening National Agricultural Research Systems written by Derek Byerlee and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides a brief review of recent trends and key policies in strengthening national agricultural research systems. Chapters provide a brief overview of the recent evolution of national research systems and a synthesis of policy issues and good practices for developing these systems including the involvement of universities and the private sector. They also focus on key policy and institutional reforms for strengthening public research institutions including funding, research management, and client orientation. Finally they discuss implications for the World Bank in its ongoing efforts to strengthen national research systems.

Book Assessing and Attributing the Benefits from Varietal Improvement Research in Brazil

Download or read book Assessing and Attributing the Benefits from Varietal Improvement Research in Brazil written by Philip G. Pardey and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides a detailed economic assessment of the magnitude and sources of the economic benefits to Brazil since the early 1980s from varietal improvements in upland rice, edible beans, and soybeans. The authors pay particular attention to isolating the benefits from genetic improvement, which they distinguish from other factors that change grain yield or quality. They use detailed information on the genetic and breeding histories of each crop and the institutional arrangements for crop-improvement research in Brazil to estimate the benefits attributable to the research done by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) and by other Brazilian agencies. They capture international spill-in effects as well. The authors also provide more general insight into the importance of addressing attribution questions in evaluating public research investments, develop some methods for doing so, and illustrate how to apply them.