With the change of the pattern of agricultural science and technology extension system gradually, the construction of the main body of China's agricultural science and technology extension services is more and more important. The paper analyzes the problems of the main body of China's agricultural science and technology extension services, and gives us the proposals: cultivating diverse main bo...

Today’s acute world food situation is shaped by volatility of food prices, low growth in agricultural productivity, and severe constraints on access to investment capital for agriculture. The sharp rise in global food prices in 2007–08 severely undermined the nutrition security of the poor, provoked social and political instability, and increased competition for already limited natural resource...

Objective: The purpose of this study is to identify and extract the implications of critical realism for science, technology and innovation policy-making as one of the later research traditions in social sciences. Nevertheless, its main focus, according to the different stages of the policy-making cycle and extent of its contributing factors, is on the stage of "policy evaluation". Methods: Thi...

The study evaluated the major constraints hampering the effective functioning of the Nigerian Agricultural Cooperative and Rural Development Bank (NACRDB) in Kogi State, Nigeria. Using the food crop farmers as a case study, a multi-stage random sampling technique was used to select three agricultural zone in Kogi State ( zone A, B, and C).Primary data were collected through the use of structure...

This paper reviews the fast move by many countries into bioeconomy strategies and related R&D investments and public science policy. It assesses the driving forces of these developments and the implications for international agricultural change and food security. The future of humankind will much depend on a secure and safe availability of food, energy, water, and industrial raw material, and t...

review of studies indicates that development endeavors in science, technology and innovation (sti) arenas are counted as main accelerators of economic growth and social welfare. for that, governments and international organizations increasingly see the evaluation of science, technology and innovation as an important agenda for their policy and action. this article goes to employ document study ...

Sheila A. Martin is a senior economist in the Research Triangle Institute’s Center for Economics Research. She earned a Ph.D. in Economics from Iowa State University in 1992 and holds an M.A. in International Studies from the University of Kentucky. At the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, she researched industrial and rural development policy issues, including industryand plant-le...