Over the years, there has been an evolution of systemic thinking in agricultural innovation
studies, culminating in the agricultural innovation systems perspective. In an attempt to …

This study reviews the evaluation of capacity development, identifying capacity development
(CD) modalities and the schools of evaluation currently in place. The research joins the …

Exploring the newly emerging field of the management of Non-Governmental Organizations
(NGOs) working in developing countries, this informative book draws upon current research …

Taking the case of Dutch agriculture as an example, this paper examines the emergence
and role of innovation brokers in stimulating agricultural innovation system interaction and …

Motivated by donor interest in innovative thinking on food security, we conducted an
interdisciplinary, triangulation analysis of four divergent conceptual frameworks, each …

Ethiopian agriculture is changing as new actors, relationships, and policies influence the
ways in which small-scale, resource-poor farmers access and use information and …

Agricultural education, research, and extension can contribute substantially to reducing rural
poverty in the developing world. However, evidence suggests that their contributions are …

This paper examines the role of postsecondary agricultural education and training (AET) in
sub-Saharan Africa in the context of the region's agricultural innovation systems …

After decades of neglect, agricultural mechanisation is back on the development agenda in
Africa. Taking the mechanisation efforts of Ghana as an example, this paper analyses the …

Fodder scarcity is a perennial problem for many smallholder farmers in developing
countries. This paper discusses how fodder technologies and knowledge have been …