scholarly journals Innovation system approach to agricultural development: Policy implications for agricultural extension delivery in Nigeria

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 1604-1611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agwu ◽  
E A ◽  
Dimelu ◽  
U M ◽  
Madukwe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Development Policy ◽  
System Approach ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Policy Implications

scholarly journals Maturity Level of Rural Leaders in Selected Paddy Farming Technologies in Muda Agricultural Development Authority (MADA) -Malaysia

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Wisam Yako Aziz Masso ◽  
Norsida Man
Keyword(s):  
Rural Community ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Maturity Model ◽  
Maturity Level ◽  
Personal Interview ◽  
Agricultural Technologies ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Agriculture Development

<p>To provide good leadership it is necessary for individuals and groups to help bring a rural community to action. As the rural leaders play a function in important programs in agricultural extension. However, The study was conducted to determine the maturity of rural leaders based on maturity model theory towards agricultural technologies In Malaysia Paddy Farming, and explore the relationship between the selected characteristics of the respondents. Data were collected through personal interview from 260 randomly selected in muda agriculture development authority MADA area. A five point Likert scale was used to determine the maturity of rural leaders ranged from 1 = never to 5= always.The majority (63.1%) of the respondents had a moderate level of maturity. The correlation analysis between socio-demographic characteristics and maturity level show that there is a positive and significant relationship between variables age and years of experience in paddy farming, at 0.05 level of significance.</p>

Organisational Adventures in District Government in Long An Province: Central Regulation Versus Local Initiative

2004 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-305
Author(s):  
Natalie Hicks
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
The State ◽  
Central Regulation ◽  
Socialist Republic ◽  
Reform Era ◽  
Local Initiative ◽  
District Government

AbstractThis article explores the role of district government in agricultural development in Vietnam's Long An province from 1954 to the present. It argues that it is only in the reform era that the district has begun to realise its potential as a 'transmission belt' between the higher authorities and the grassroots. Under the South Vietnamese regime and in the pre-reform era of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, local initiative was stifled as policy was dictated from on high by central government, with disastrous consequences. In the reform era, district officials have been joined by 'associates of the state', such as agricultural extension officers, to develop innovative 'local' approaches to agricultural development. This has led to increased prosperity but also rising inequality. While the central government has been more willing to allow local experimentation under reform, its influence and interests are still felt, even at the district level. Most scholars emphasise a sharp break between pre-1975 and post-1975 Vietnam. By contrast, this article highlights the way in which there are important elements of continuity both between regimes and between the pre-reform and post-reform eras.

Tax and S&T Policies for Research Commercialization: Perspectives of Southeast Asian Countries

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (04) ◽  
pp. 1750017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarunee Wonglimpiyarat
Keyword(s):  
Developing Economies ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Developmental State ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Diamond Model ◽  
The Government ◽  
Innovative Capacity

High-tech businesses are important in enhancing the innovative capacity of nation. Many countries use tax schemes as one of the government policy instruments to provide an environment conducive to the growth of high-tech companies. This paper analyzes the tax policies and R&D tax incentives to promote technology commercialization in Singapore and Thailand. The analysis is focused on the government dimension of Porter’s diamond model. The results reveal the government intervention model whereby the governments of both countries have pursued a developmental state role in fostering innovative entrepreneurship. The study offers insightful lessons linking tax policy to the perspective of science and technology (S&T) policy. The policy implications would be useful to other developing economies in shaping the direction of the national innovation system.

Appropriate Extension Methodologies for Agricultural Development in Emerging Economies

2020 ◽  
pp. 133-156
Author(s):  
B. S. Famuyiwa ◽  
O. A. Olaniyi ◽  
S. A. Adesoji
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Extension System ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Culturally Compatible

Over two-thirds of the world's poorest people are located in rural areas and engaged primarily in agriculture and agricultural-related activities for their livelihood. Therefore, the future of most underdeveloped and developing nations depends on agriculture. Most African Countries have agricultural dependent economies that are hinged to rain-fed agriculture and based on smallholdings. These countries are referred to as countries with emerging economies and characterized as having low to middle per capita income and represent 20% of the world's economies. This chapter discusses; concepts of agricultural extension methodologies assessed from past to present, appropriating extension methodologies to encourage agricultural development, identifying roles of agricultural extension activities in agricultural development and factors influencing the choice of appropriate extension methodologies in emerging economies. It concludes with the constraints to sustainable agricultural development and extension methodologies which if removed will have the potential for progression towards economy development. Developing countries should fashion a sustainable extension system that will be socially acceptable and culturally compatible, economically viable and environmentally friendly.

Application of Information Communication Technologies for Agricultural Development through Extension Services

2017 ◽  
pp. 52-101
Author(s):  
L. K. Mabe ◽  
O. I. Oladele
Keyword(s):  
Information Management ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Ict Tools

This chapter outlines the role that Information Communication Technologies (ICT) play in the global context and in Africa, agricultural extension and Agricultural development. The role of and use of ICT by extension officers, the trends of ICT in agricultural information management, how ICT bridge the digital divide as well as the types of ICT tools used by extension officers such as radio, television, computers and internet. It also gives the perspective about the factors that influences use of ICT by extension officers which are seen as playing an important role human development.

scholarly journals Towards Lower-Carbon Indian Agricultural Development: An Experiment in Multi-criteria Mapping

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Harriss-White ◽  
Alfred Gathorne-Hardy ◽  
Gilbert Rodrigo
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
System Of Rice Intensification ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Electricity Grid ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
Rice Intensification ◽  
Lower Carbon

Agricultural development research and policy has to address climate change. Against the mainstream focus on adaptation, this article reports on public policy implications for climate change mitigation of a project measuring environmental, social and economic aspects of India’s rice economy: greenhouse gases (GHGs), energy and water; the quantity and quality of work and a systematic analysis of market and social costs and returns. A detailed life cycle assessment of GHG production generates four different kinds of technological possibilities helping the transition towards lower-carbon agriculture: rain-fed rice production (RR), System of Rice Intensification (SRI), solar pumps (SPs) and halving transmission and distribution (T&D) losses in the electricity grid. Through quantitative ranking and qualitative discursive analysis, a new method, multi-criteria mapping (MCM), is trialled in which the benefits of alternatives are evaluated by incommensurable criteria. These are costs, employment and GHGs. This experimental application crosses two languages (English and Tamil), compares participants with expert knowledge (EKs) with agrarian participants with situated knowledge (SKs), and explores the influence of identity (urban-rural, gender, and education).

The state of the knowledge-based economy in the Arab world: cases of Qatar and Lebanon

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tarek Ben Hassen
Keyword(s):  
Arab World ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Current State ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Low Performance ◽  
Ict Infrastructure

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the current state of the knowledge-based economy in two distinctive case studies in the Arab World: Qatar and Lebanon. Based on five aspects of the knowledge-based economy namely: ICT, human capital and education; innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic and institutional regime, we provide a careful view of the obstacles and challenges that Qatar and Lebanon are facing and how this is hindering their transformation to a knowledge-based economy.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology of this research is based on a literature review and information collected through semi-structured interviews with the different stakeholders of the knowledge-based economy in Qatar and Lebanon.FindingsThe research reveals that numerous factors shape the knowledge-based economy in Qatar and Lebanon. In Qatar, the main strength of the knowledge-based economy is the determination of the Qatari government to diversify the economy and the main weaknesses are the shortage of qualified human resources, the fear of failure and the low performance of the innovation system. In Lebanon, the knowledge-based economy is driven by the education system and the entrepreneurship culture, nevertheless the political instability of the country and the weak ICT infrastructure impede its development.Originality/valueThese findings contribute to the clarification and critical analysis of the current state of the knowledge-based economy in Qatar and Lebanon, which would have several policy implications.

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