Strengthening National Agricultural Research Systems

Strengthening National Agricultural Research Systems
Author: Derek Byerlee
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 104
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780821341735

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.

National Agricultural Research

National Agricultural Research
Author: United Nations Development Programme
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 116
Release: 1984
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9789251014646

Compilation of Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension Questions for Discussion

Compilation of Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension Questions for Discussion
Author: United States
Publisher:
Total Pages: 500
Release: 1995
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

This volume compiles and reprints the responses of 37 organizations to a series of questions issued by the House Committee on Agriculture in anticipation of debates concerning the Research Title of the 1995 Farm Bill due for updating and revision. The questions address some of the following topics: the role of the federal government in agricultural research, coordination and relations with other federal agencies, the suitability of various regulations and procedures, setting research priorities, integrating federal-state-industry research pools, effectiveness of coordinating and advisory boards, efficiency and accountability in administration of these federal funds, partnerships with other types of organizations, guidelines for use of federal funds, land grant universities' roles, fund allocation formulas, and regional research and extension cooperation. The organizations that responded to these questions include the Department of Agriculture, the Coalition on Funding Agricultural Research Mission, professional societies such as the Phytopathological Society and the Entomological Society of America, individual higher education institutions like the Universities of Minnesota and Arkansas and Ohio State University, international organizations such as the World Bank and the International Food Policy Research Institute, and Associations such as the American Feed Industry Association and the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges. (JB)

Impact of Foreign Assistance on Institutional Development of National Agricultural Research Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa

Impact of Foreign Assistance on Institutional Development of National Agricultural Research Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: Gora Beye
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2002
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9789251048535

This study is the analysis and assessment of foreign assistance provided by 36 agricultural research projects in seven selected countries of sub-Saharan Africa. It traces the evolution of national agricultural research systems (NARS) from independence to the present. It highlights the development of the NARS with regard to infrastructure, human resources and funding as a consequence of foreign assistance. The constraints to NARS institutional development are identified and recommendations made.

Agricultural Public Spending in Nigeria

Agricultural Public Spending in Nigeria
Author: Tewodaj Mogues, Michael Morris, Lev Freinkman, Abimbola Adubi, and Simeon Ehui, with Chinedum Nwoko, Olufemi Taiwo, Caroline Nege, Patrick Okonji, and Louis Chete
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Total Pages: 120
Release:
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer

Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer
Author: Isaac Arnon
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 846
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9401167710

Agricultural research was probably the first and is the most widespread form of organised research in the world, and one in which both the most developed and underdeveloped countries are engaged. Whilst most forms of research activity, such as in the field of medicine, have world wide application, agricultural research, by its very nature, has to be regional; practically no research finding can be adopted without studying the results of its application under the infinite number of ecological situations with which the farmers of the world are faced. The improvement of agricultural production is the essential first step whereby developing countries can hope to raise their standard of living. Research is therefore an activity in which no underdeveloped country can afford not to engage; nor can countries in which agriculture has reached a high level of development and sophistication afford to neglect agricultural research. It is not because of inertia or vested interests that highly industrialised countries maintain, mostly at public expense, a costly and complex infrastructure for agricultural research. Even when problems of overproduction weigh heavily on the economy, agricultural research is considered the essential key to further progress: the objectives and goals are simply changed and adapted to the needs of the economy.