scholarly journals End User Involvement on Performance of Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research Institutes in Kenya

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Gerald Mutiso Maweu ◽  
Dr. Samson Nyang’au Paul
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Research ◽  
User Involvement ◽  
Maintenance Phase ◽  
Implementation Phase ◽  
International Agricultural Research ◽  
Research Institutes ◽  
End User Involvement ◽  
Phase Design ◽  
Identification Phase ◽  
Consultative Group

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to assess the influence of end user involvement on performance of consultative group on international agricultural research institutes in Kenya.Methodology: This research study adopted a descriptive research design approach. The researcher prefers this method because it allows an in-depth study of the subject. The target population were procurement 152 officers in the consultative group on international agricultural research institutes in Kenya. This study used census as a rule of thumb since the population of procurement officers in consultative group on international agricultural research institutes is less than 200. The study combined two methods in its data collection that is, questionnaires and key informant interviews. After data collection, quantitative data was coded using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20. Data was analyzed through descriptive statistical methods such as means, standard deviation, frequencies and percentage. Inferential analyses were used in relation to correlation analysis and regression analysis to test the relationship between the four explanatory variables and the explained variableResults and conclusion: The findings of the study indicated that need identification phase, design phase, implementation phase and maintenance phase have a positive relationship with performance of consultative group on international agricultural research institutes in Kenya.Unique contribution to theory, policy and practice: The study recommended that institutions should embrace need identification phase, design phase, implementation phase and maintenance phase so as to improve performance of consultative group on international agricultural research institutes and further researches should to be carried out in other institutions to find out if the same results can be obtained.

scholarly journals Boundary work for sustainable development: Natural resource management at the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)

2011 ◽  
Vol 113 (17) ◽  
pp. 4615-4622 ◽  
Author(s):  
William C. Clark ◽  
Thomas P. Tomich ◽  
Meine van Noordwijk ◽  
David Guston ◽  
Delia Catacutan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Natural Resource Management ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Boundary Work ◽  
International Agricultural Research ◽  
Research Programs ◽  
Sources Of Knowledge ◽  
Consultative Group

Previous research on the determinants of effectiveness in knowledge systems seeking to support sustainable development has highlighted the importance of “boundary work” through which research communities organize their relations with new science, other sources of knowledge, and the worlds of action and policymaking. A growing body of scholarship postulates specific attributes of boundary work that promote used and useful research. These propositions, however, are largely based on the experience of a few industrialized countries. We report here on an effort to evaluate their relevance for efforts to harness science in support of sustainability in the developing world. We carried out a multicountry comparative analysis of natural resource management programs conducted under the auspices of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. We discovered six distinctive kinds of boundary work contributing to the successes of those programs—a greater variety than has been documented in previous studies. We argue that these different kinds of boundary work can be understood as a dual response to the different uses for which the results of specific research programs are intended, and the different sources of knowledge drawn on by those programs. We show that these distinctive kinds of boundary work require distinctive strategies to organize them effectively. Especially important are arrangements regarding participation of stakeholders, accountability in governance, and the use of “boundary objects.” We conclude that improving the ability of research programs to produce useful knowledge for sustainable development will require both greater and differentiated support for multiple forms of boundary work.

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