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2. Agricultural technology in Sub-Saharan Africa: a workshop on research issues
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gnaegy Suzanna (author / Winrock International) and Anderson, Jock R. (author / Winrock International)
- Format:
- Publication
- Publication Date:
- 1991-06-30
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11012
- Notes:
- World Bank Discussion Paper 126. Washington, D.C. 158 pages., Studies from a workshop. Includes evidence that research and extension had contributed to a decline in agricultural production. "There is a broad consensus about the many factors that have contributed to failures to boost land and labor productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Both technological options and agroecological and socioeconomic circumstances in this vast region are diverse, thus creating a complex matrix of impacts and explanations. The central explanation is that research and development activities, whether public or private, national or international, have produced innovations that farmers find variously unprofitable, too risky, or impossible to implement in a timely and useful fashion. These problems lead, in turn, to often declining agricultural productivity and a deteriorating agricultural resource base, particularly of soil and forest resources. Stepping back further from the farmers themselves to the institutions that are supposed to have assisted, the difficulties are several including the poor (often irrelevant for resource-poor farmers) siting of much past experimental and testing endeavor, inadequate and temporally inconsistent staff and budget support for national research and extension organizations.
3. Highlights from the use of the soft systems methodology to improve agrotechnology transfer in Kona, Hawaii
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mills-Packo, Pamela A. (author), Rotar, Peter (author), Wilson, Kathleen (author), and University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI.
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1991
- Published:
- UK: Essex, UK : Elsevier Applied Science Publishers
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 92 Document Number: C06799
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Systems
- Journal Title Details:
- 36 (4) : 409-425
- Notes:
- AGRICOLA IND 91047203
4. Knowledge utilization: the third wave
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Backer, Thomas E. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1991-03
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C18327
- Journal Title:
- Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization
- Journal Title Details:
- 12(3) : 225-240
- Notes:
- Traces the study of knowledge utilization through three waves. First (1920-1960) involved studies about the diffusion of agricultural innovations to farmers. The second (1960-1980) emphasized both the dissemination and use of innovations emerging from research and demonstration activities, and innovation adoption by organizations as well as individuals. The interlude (1980s) featured sharply reduced federal support for research about knowledge utilization. The third wave (1990-present) showed greater emphasis on federal partnerships with state and local entities to improve health, education, and human services. Interest also increased in policy, research and programmatic activities regarding knowledge utilization.
5. Linkages between research, extension and farmers: the case of rice in the Dominican Republic
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Doorman, Frans (author / Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1991
- Published:
- UK: Essex, UK : Elsevier Applied Science Publishers
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 92 Document Number: C06798
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Systems
- Journal Title Details:
- 37 (2) : 107-118
- Notes:
- AGRICOLA IND 91050840