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    1. A conceptual framework for studying the links between agricultural research and technology transfer in developing countries

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Engel, Paul (author), Kaimowitz, David (author), Snyder, Monteze (author), and Research fellow, ISNAR; Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Florida, Tallahassee, FL; Assistant Professor of Extension, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands
    Format:
    Book chapter
    Publication Date:
    1990
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 81 Document Number: C04781
    Notes:
    In: Kaimowitz, David. ed. Making the link : agricultural research and technology transfer in developing countries. Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 1990. p. 227-269

    2. A.I.D. research and development abstracts

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Byrnes, Kerry J. (author)
    Format:
    Bulletin
    Publication Date:
    1990-01-01
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: KerryByrnes1 Document Number: D01286
    Notes:
    Kerry J. Byrnes Collection, United States Agency for International Development. A.I.D. evaluation special study, no. 67. 43 pages., A.I.D.'s experience with farming systems research and extension (FSR/E) has been mixed. FSR/E projects have provided opportunities for developing country professionals to acquire training and field experience in this new approach to research. However, most projects have bot had the impact on technology development and transfer or institutionalization of FSR/E as had been assumed in project designs. This report, based on a case study review of evaluations of 12 A.I.D.-funded projects, synthesizes the Agency's experience with FSR/E from the mid-1970's to the mid-1980's and assesses the impact of these projects on agricultural development.

    3. Agricultural research for resource-poor farmers Part I: Transfer-of-technology and farming systems research

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Chambers, Robert (author), Jiggins, Janice (author), and University of Sussex
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    1987-01-07
    Published:
    United Kingdom: Elsevier
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10965
    Journal Title:
    Agricultural Administration and Extension
    Journal Title Details:
    27(1987) : 35-52
    Notes:
    17 pages, via online journal, The greatest challenge now facing agricultural science is not how to increase production overall but how to enable resource-poor farmers to produce more. The transfer-of-technology (TOT) model of agricultural research is part of the normal professionalism of agricultural scientists. In this model, scientists largely determine research priorities, develop technologies in controlled conditions, and then hand them over to agricultural extension to transfer to farmers. Although strong structures and incentives sustain this normal professionalism, many now recognise the challenge of its bad fit with the needs and conditions of hundreds of millions of resource-poor farm (RPF) families. In response to this problem, the TOT model has been adapted and extended through multi-disciplinary farming systems research (FSR) and on-farm trials. These responses retain power in the hands of scientists. Information is obtained from farmers and processed and analysed in order to identify what might be good for them. A missing element is methods to encourage and enable resource-poor farmers themselves to meet and work out what they need and want.

    4. Farmer participatory research and technology development

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Jiggins, Janice (author / Freelance Consultant, Andelst, The Netherlands) and Freelance Consultant, Andelst, The Netherlands
    Format:
    Report
    Publication Date:
    1989-02
    Published:
    Canada
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 74 Document Number: C03705
    Notes:
    James F. Evans Collection, Guelph, Canada : University of Guelph, Department of Rural Extension Studies, 1989. 16 p. (Occasional Papers in Rural Extension, No. 5)