Technical Change And Social Conflict In Agriculture
Technical Change And Social Conflict In Agriculture

Author: Martin E Pineiro

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-06-21

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 1000314006

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This book presents the intellectual production of the first phase of the Cooperative Research Project on Agricultural Technology in Latin America (PROTAAL) and the most relevant papers presented by invitees at a meeting held in San Jose, Costa Rica in September 1981.

Non-Governmental Organizations and the State in Latin America
Non-Governmental Organizations and the State in Latin America

Author: Anthony Bebbington

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-10-05

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 1134880154

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Presents twenty specially commissioned case studies of farmer participatory approaches to agricultural innovation initiated by NGOs in Latin America with case material set within the context of NGOs' relations with the State.

Building Public-private Partnerships for Agricultural Innovation
Building Public-private Partnerships for Agricultural Innovation

Author: Hartwich, Frank

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 95

ISBN-13: 0896297713

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Public-private partnerships are a new way of carrying out research and development (R&D) in Latin America’s agricultural sector. These partnerships spur innovation for agricultural development and have various advantages over other institutional arrangements fostering R&D. This report summarizes the experiences of a research project that analyzed 125 public-private research partnerships (PPPs) in 12 Latin American countries. The analysis indicates that several types of partnerships have emerged in response to the various needs of the different partners. Nevertheless, public-private partnerships are not always the most appropriate mechanism by which to carry out R&D and foster innovation in agriculture. Sometimes, it is more efficient to organize research via participatory projects or through research contracts.

Agricultural and Rural Development Policy in Latin America
Agricultural and Rural Development Policy in Latin America

Author: Alain De Janvry

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9789251040836

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This study analyzes the significance of new economic context in Latin America and the Caribbean for the design of policies for the agricultural sector. In addition, it analyzes and assesses recent trends in agricultural development policy in Latin America, to identify and synthesize new policy directions, and to highlight emerging challenges and avenues for policy innovation. The main conclusion of the study is that Latin American agricultural and rural development policy is at a turning point that will require bold new initiatives to improve the production performance of agriculture, reduce rural poverty, protect the natural resource base of the sector and ensure the political sustainability of economic growth. This will require a pro-active set of interventions designed at restoring the specificity of sectoral agricultural policy while maintaining consistency with the macro reforms.--Publisher's description.

Joint rapid appraisal on strengthening agricultural innovation systems in Africa, Asia and Latin America by regional research and extension organizations
Joint rapid appraisal on strengthening agricultural innovation systems in Africa, Asia and Latin America by regional research and extension organizations

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2021-07-27

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9251347832

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During the last quarter of 2020, Regional Agricultural Research and Extension Organisations (RREO) in Africa, Asia, and Latin America jointly carried out rapid appraisals to map the innovation environment and identify and document initiatives aimed at strengthening Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS). The focus was on functional capacity development with a view to exploring ways in which RREO can support the development of these capacities and integrate them with technical capacities. A combination of literature reviews, case studies, and stakeholder surveys was used to gather information. The results were documented in three separate reports which are available from the RREO. In the present document, key findings from the regional reports are presented and discussed in this report.

Food, Agriculture and Social Change
Food, Agriculture and Social Change

Author: Stephen Sherwood

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2017-05-22

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1315440075

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Through grounded case studies in seven Latin American countries, each of which seeks to explain development as it uniquely unfolds, this book explores how social change in food and agriculture is fundamentally experiential, contingent and unpredictable.