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.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C20448
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Pages 21-35 in Michael P. Collinson and Kerri Wright Platais (eds.), Social science in the CGIAR. CGIAR Study Paper No. 28, The World Bank, Washington, D.C. Proceedings of a meeting of CGIAR social scientists held at the International Service for Nation, "The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is an informal associatioin of 40 public and private sector donors that supports a network of 18 international agricultural research centers."
International: CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South, Victoria, Australia
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10517
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217 pages., Pages 199-209 in Heinz Schandl and Lain Walker (eds.), Social science and sustainability. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South, Victoria,Australia. 2017. 217 pages., (p. 205) "The significant role of the social sciences in educating and training professionals and managers - who will be working in many sectors - should not be underestimated. Social science knowledge provides the fundamentals for understanding individual and organizational behaviour, and provides key methods for analysis and action."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C20452
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Pages 88-104 in Michael P. Collinson and Kerri Wright Platais (eds.), Social science in the CGIAR. CGIAR Study Paper No. 28, The World Bank, Washington, D.C. Proceedings of a meeting of CGIAR social scientists held at the International Service for Natio, "The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is an informal associatioin of 40 public and private sector donors that supports a network of 18 international agricultural research centers."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C20451
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Pages 67-85 in Michael P. Collinson and Kerri Wright Platais (eds.), Social science in the CGIAR. CGIAR Study Paper No. 28, The World Bank, Washington, D.C. Proceedings of a meeting of CGIAR social scientists held at the International Service for Nation, "The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is an informal associatioin of 40 public and private sector donors that supports a network of 18 international agricultural research centers."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C20450
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Pages 50-66 in Michael P. Collinson and Kerri Wright Platais (eds.), Social science in the CGIAR. CGIAR Study Paper No. 28, The World Bank, Washington, D.C. Proceedings of a meeting of CGIAR social scientists held at the International Service for Nation, "The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is an informal associatioin of 40 public and private sector donors that supports a network of 18 international agricultural research centers."
