Institutional Reform of Agricultural Research and Extension in Latin America and the Caribbean

After a period of strong support in the 1960s and 1970s, public funding for research and extension activities in LAC began to wane in the 1980s and 1990s. The strained economic context for many countries required the search for more cost-effective...

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Main Authors:	Roseboom, Johannes, McMahon, Matthew, Ekanayake, Indira, John-Abraham, Indu
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACTIVE PARTNERS AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEMS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE BIDDING BIOTECHNOLOGY CIVIC PARTICIPATION COLLABORATION COMMUNITIES DECENTRALIZATION DECISION-MAKING DIRECT BENEFICIARIES DISCUSSIONS DIVERSIFICATION DRAMATIC CHANGES EXPERIMENTATION EXTENSION FARMER FARMER ASSOCIATIONS FARMER ORGANIZATIONS FARMERS FEED GLOBALIZATION HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS INSIGHTS INTEGRATION INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS KNOWLEDGE DIFFUSION KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT LEARNING LIVELIHOODS NGOS OUTSOURCING PARTICIPATION OF BENEFICIARIES POOR FARMERS PRIVATE SECTOR PROCESS OF INNOVATION PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAMS PUBLIC GOOD R&D RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL LIVELIHOODS RURAL POOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOMMUNICATIONS THINKING UNIVERSITIES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/7014895/institutional-reform-agricultural-research-extension-latin-america-caribbean http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10312

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