The utility of the farmer field school as a platform for communication and partnership in agricultural research and development in Vietnam

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oleg Nicetic
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Farmer Field School ◽  
Field School ◽  
Agricultural Research And Development

Distributional Weights in Benefit-Cost Analysis: Examples from Rwanda and Uganda

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles B. Moss ◽  
Andrew Schmitz
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Cost Analysis ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Systematic Variation ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Benefit Cost Analysis ◽  
Small Producer ◽  
Agricultural Research And Development ◽  
Benefit Cost

Abstract The question of how to allocate scarce agricultural research and development dollars is significant for developing countries. Historically, benefit/cost analysis has been the standard for comparing the relative benefits of alternative investments. We examine the potential of shifting the implicit equal weights approach to benefit/cost analysis, as well as how a systematic variation in welfare weights may affect different groups important to policy makers. For example, in the case of Rwandan coffee, a shift in the welfare weights that would favor small coffee producers in Rwanda over foreign consumers of Rwandan coffee would increase the support for investments in small producer coffee projects. Generally, changes in welfare weights alter the ordering for selecting investments across alternative projects.

Seeds of inspiration: breathing new life into the formal agricultural research and development system

2010 ◽  
pp. 47-64
Author(s):  
Song Yiching ◽  
Zhang Shihuang ◽  
Huang Kaijian ◽  
Qin Lanqiun ◽  
Li Jingsong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Development System ◽  
Agricultural Research And Development
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