ISNAR Newsletter

ISNAR Newsletter
Author: International Service for National Agricultural Research
Publisher:
Total Pages: 12
Release: 1997
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN:

Influencing Change

Influencing Change
Author:
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0821384031

This book: (i) reviews how evaluation can lead the change process in policy and institutional development; (ii) presents a variety of good practices and lessons learned in building up evaluation capacities; and (iii) introduces new perspectives on evaluation capacity building.

Transformation of Agricultural Research Systems in Africa

Transformation of Agricultural Research Systems in Africa
Author: Cyrus G. Ndiritu
Publisher: MSU Press
Total Pages: 476
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

On no other continent is the need for agricultural research greater than it is in Africa. Nowhere are the complexities of producing well- adapted agricultural technologies more binding, yet the basic institutions supporting agriculture are some of the weakest in the developing world. In Africa, the challenge of increasing food supply to keep pace with population growth and rising urban demand, of producing the agricultural technologies that will fuel that process, and of designing the basic institutions that will create and deliver these technologies, remains largely unfulfilled. Transformation of Agricultural Research Systems in Africa: Lessons from Kenya analyzes Kenya's experiences in transforming its Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) over time. Kenya was chosen because it is the third largest agricultural research system in sub-Saharan Africa, and it has been reorganized to make it more efficient in serving the needs of small- scale farms in national, regional, and global markets. The authors are highly seasoned professionals with years of experience in crafting institutional innovations. This case study can be used to draw implications for other research systems in sub-Saharan Africa.

Annual Report

Annual Report
Author: International Service for National Agricultural Research
Publisher:
Total Pages: 72
Release: 1998
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN:

Psychology in Brazil

Psychology in Brazil
Author: Silvia Helena Koller
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2019-04-16
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 3030113361

This book presents an overview of the work of the most important Psychology researchers in Brazil, contributing to the internationalization of the discipline and fostering cross-cultural approaches in the field. Over the last two decades, Psychology research has experienced an enormous growth in Brazil, which has placed the country among the ten nations with the highest scientific output in the area. A big part of this output, however, remains inaccessible to the majority of the international community because it’s mainly published in Portuguese. This book intends to overcome this barrier, presenting a highly relevant sample of the best Psychology research produced in Brazil to those who are unable to read in Portuguese. In each chapter, a top Brazilian researcher is invited to present a summary of his/her main contributions to the field. The result is a rich overview of the main areas in which Brazilian psychologists have concentrated their work over the last decades, such as Developmental Psychology, Community Psychology, Educational and School Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology, Health Psychology, History of Psychology and Social Psychology. By putting together such a wide array of topics, Psychology in Brazil – Scientists Making a Difference offers a rich overview of the research in the country to psychologists, educators and social scientists in general interested in cross-cultural approaches within the Behavioral Sciences.