0308-521X/$ see front matter 2010 Elsevier Ltd. doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2010.03.012 * Corresponding author. Address: Wageningen Un Innovation Studies, Hollandseweg 1, 6706 KN, Wagen +31 317 484694; fax: +31 317 486094. E-mail address: [email protected] (L. Klerkx) The purpose of this article is to investigate effective reformism: strategies that innovation networks deploy to create changes in th...

Agricultural innovation in low-income tropical countries ontributes to a more effective and sustainable use of natural resources and reduces hunger and poverty through economic development in rural areas. Yet, despite numerous recent public and private initiatives to develop capacities for agricultural innovation, such in itiatives are often not well aligned with national efforts to revive exis...

The chapter reviews the generation and adoption of new technologies in the agricultural sector. The first section describes models of induced innovation and experimentation, considers the political economy of public investments in agricultural research, and addresses institutions and public policies for managing innovation activity. The second section reviews the economics of technology adoptio...

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the purpose of this research was analyzing knowledge of women with household jobs agriculture toward innovation management in masjed soliman township, khouzestan province, iran. the population of this study included women with household jobs agriculture in masjed soliman township. the total number of members was 100 people. due to the low number of population, census methods were used to collec...