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The Transformation of International Agricultural Research and Development / ed. by J. Lin Compton.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]Copyright date: ©1989Description: 1 online resource (237 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781555871468
  • 9781685851415
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CONTEXT AND CHANGE IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT -- 1 An Historical Perspective on Institutional Transfer -- 2 Technology Development and Diffusion: Potatoes in Peru -- Part 2 SELECTED PROBLEMS -- 3 Communicating Scientific Knowledge -- 4 Women in Agricultural Development -- 5 The Integration of Research and Extension -- 6 Evolution and Transfer of the U.S. Extension Model -- 7 Linking Scientific and Indigenous Agricultural Systems -- Part 3 FUTURE CHALLENGES -- 8 The International Agricultural Research System -- 9 Farming Systems Research and Extension -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: Addressing the transformation of the nature and functions of agricultural research and development institutions and their programs, this book explores the major changes and identifies key trends and issues.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781685851415

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CONTEXT AND CHANGE IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT -- 1 An Historical Perspective on Institutional Transfer -- 2 Technology Development and Diffusion: Potatoes in Peru -- Part 2 SELECTED PROBLEMS -- 3 Communicating Scientific Knowledge -- 4 Women in Agricultural Development -- 5 The Integration of Research and Extension -- 6 Evolution and Transfer of the U.S. Extension Model -- 7 Linking Scientific and Indigenous Agricultural Systems -- Part 3 FUTURE CHALLENGES -- 8 The International Agricultural Research System -- 9 Farming Systems Research and Extension -- Index -- About the Book

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Addressing the transformation of the nature and functions of agricultural research and development institutions and their programs, this book explores the major changes and identifies key trends and issues.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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