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Prioritizing Agricultural Research for Development: Experiences and Lessons
David Raitzer
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Description for Prioritizing Agricultural Research for Development: Experiences and Lessons
Hardback. Priority assessment for commodity improvement programmes has received methodological attention. Focusing on priority setting practices utilised in different international agricultural research institutes, this book discusses real world experiences and innovations with priority assessment methods. Editor(s): Raitzer, David A.; Norton, George W. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 figures/illustrations. BIC Classification: KNAC; TVB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 742.
Systematic empirical analysis is needed to help guide limited public resources to those research areas that have the greatest potential to produce benefits for the poor and the environment. Focusing on priority setting practices utilised in different international agricultural research institutes, this book discusses real world experiences and innovations with priority assessment methods. Chapters present approaches that have been used to articulate, explore and assess impact pathways and research priorities, while also considering their strengths and weaknesses and drawing together methodological lessons.
Systematic empirical analysis is needed to help guide limited public resources to those research areas that have the greatest potential to produce benefits for the poor and the environment. Focusing on priority setting practices utilised in different international agricultural research institutes, this book discusses real world experiences and innovations with priority assessment methods. Chapters present approaches that have been used to articulate, explore and assess impact pathways and research priorities, while also considering their strengths and weaknesses and drawing together methodological lessons.
Product Details
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
741g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Wallingford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845935665
SKU
V9781845935665
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99-1
About David Raitzer
Keith Fuglie is Chief of the Resource, Environmental and Science Policy Branch at the Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, in Washington, DC. He specializes in the analysis of international agricultural productivity, the economics of technical change, and research policy. In 1997-1998 he served as senior economist on the White House Council of Economic Advisors. From 1998 to 2006 ... Read more
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