New challenges for indicators in science and technology policy-making: a European view

1998 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Gabolde
Keyword(s):  
Policy Making ◽  
Technology Policy ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Science And Technology Policy ◽  
New Challenges

The interrelationship between information systems and science policy formulation

1979 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-90
Author(s):  
C. Keren ◽  
Pauline A. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Policy Maker ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Technology Policy ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
National Level ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Science And Technology Policy

Improved information systems are a significant resource through which Science and Technology policy making can be considerably enhanced. The complexity of Science and Technology and its diversity raise serious problems as to definitions, quality and quantity of information resources which serve the policy maker, and the organizational and technical methods through which available knowledge is made accessible. The interrelationship of inter-organizational, national and international information systems is discussed in this context. Internationally accepted standards and proce dures should be developed and implemented but it is emphasized that international operations and conventions must have application at the national level if they are to have some permanency and be effective.

Green Revolution: Pathways to Food Security in an Era of Climate Variability and Change?

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 486-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Netra Chhetri ◽  
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Pashupati Chaudhary ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Food System ◽  
Technology Policy ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Green Revolution ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Science And Technology Policy ◽  
Agricultural Labor ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Changing Climate ◽  
New Challenges

Critical technological breakthrough in agriculture and the policy surrounding it resulted in a series of successes in increasing the food productivity, especially in developing countries, and came to be known as Green Revolution. The systems of food production, however, to date, faces new challenges due to convergence of multiple factors, including the impending threat of changing climate. Our goal in this paper is to review and reflect upon the achievements of the Green Revolution, perceived as a superb achievement of science and technology policy in South Asia and elsewhere, and discuss how the program and the policy that came to be associated with it will respond to new challenges. We argue that in an era of rapidly changing climate and the uncertainties associated with it, the world food system is encountering a significant challenge leading us to question whether the Green Revolution celebrated as technically advanced and “modern” in the past is adequate to respond to the diverse array of challenges that will be encountered in the 21stcentury. For all its innovativeness and achievement, the ability of the Green Revolution to respond to emerging challenges is unlikely to follow a smooth trajectory with time. So responding to emerging challenges requires a new gestalt of concepts that demands different science and technology policy whereby farmers can produce more food and other agricultural commodities sustainably under conditions of declining per capita arable land, irrigation water, dwindling resource base and agricultural labor supply along with the stresses of climate change.

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