Technology Transfer

Technology Transfer

This note provides guidance to governments and investors on how best to support the development and transfer of technologies to local smallholders and communities. New technology can help boost production and productivity in the agriculture sector...

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Main Authors: UNCTAD, World Bank
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
RESPONSIBLE AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT
TECHNOLOGY
COLLABORATION
INNOVATION
SMALLHOLDERS
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
GOVERNANCE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/804281521091571619/Technology-transfer
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29468
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spelling okr-10986-294682021-05-25T10:54:34Z Technology Transfer UNCTAD World Bank RESPONSIBLE AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATION INNOVATION SMALLHOLDERS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION GOVERNANCE This note provides guidance to governments and investors on how best to support the development and transfer of technologies to local smallholders and communities. New technology can help boost production and productivity in the agriculture sector and, given the growing global demand forfood and fiber and the limits of natural resources, has the potential to substantially raise incomes for smallholders and rural communities. Improving mechanisms to increase the transmission and adoption of technologies is important for building technological capability in developingcountries. The importation and adoption of productivity-enhancing technologies in part depends on investors’ support and training efforts but ultimately will fail if local smallholders acting as partners in the value chain do not achieve gains that warrant the embrace and use of technology. 2018-03-19T13:53:15Z 2018-03-19T13:53:15Z 2018-03 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/804281521091571619/Technology-transfer http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29468 English Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI) Knowledge Into Action Note,no. 23; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic RESPONSIBLE AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT
TECHNOLOGY
COLLABORATION
INNOVATION
SMALLHOLDERS
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
GOVERNANCE
spellingShingle RESPONSIBLE AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT
TECHNOLOGY
COLLABORATION
INNOVATION
SMALLHOLDERS
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
GOVERNANCE
UNCTAD
World Bank
Technology Transfer
relation Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI) Knowledge Into Action Note,no. 23;
description This note provides guidance to governments and investors on how best to support the development and transfer of technologies to local smallholders and communities. New technology can help boost production and productivity in the agriculture sector and, given the growing global demand forfood and fiber and the limits of natural resources, has the potential to substantially raise incomes for smallholders and rural communities. Improving mechanisms to increase the transmission and adoption of technologies is important for building technological capability in developingcountries. The importation and adoption of productivity-enhancing technologies in part depends on investors’ support and training efforts but ultimately will fail if local smallholders acting as partners in the value chain do not achieve gains that warrant the embrace and use of technology.
format Brief
author UNCTAD
World Bank
author_facet UNCTAD
World Bank
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title Technology Transfer
title_short Technology Transfer
title_full Technology Transfer
title_fullStr Technology Transfer
title_full_unstemmed Technology Transfer
title_sort technology transfer
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/804281521091571619/Technology-transfer
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29468
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