Technology Development Assistance for Agriculture: Putting research into use in low income countries

Stemming from an 11-year DFID funded programme under its Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy (RNRRS), Technology Development Assistance for Agriculture: Putting Research into Low Income Countries reviews part of this programme as a case study of a broader issue of technology development for Africa. Controversially, it critiques current international technology development assistance and focuses on the potential role of the private sector in agricultural technology development as well as providing insights for future cognate science policy and practice. The book focuses on the RIU "Best Bets" Africa sub-programme. This identified promising proposals to take existing agriculture research products and put these into use in ways that would benefit the poor in developing countries. The sum set aside for this was £5 million. The empirical sections of the book cover project selection, progress and programme management over a 2009-2012 period with special attention paid to lessons learned that may have implications for future cognate technology development assistance. This topical book gives direct evidence of meeting objectives and delivering real changes in technology development for Africa to postgraduate students, researchers, international bodies, NGOs, policy makers and government organisations working on natural resource management, technology development assistance, and low income country agriculture.

《农业技术发展援助：将研究引入低收入国家》源于英国国际发展部（DFID）在其可再生自然资源研究战略（RNRRS）下资助的一个为期11年的项目，该书将该项目的一部分作为非洲技术发展这一更广泛问题的案例研究进行了回顾。有争议的是，它对当前的国际技术发展援助进行了批判，并着重探讨了私营部门在农业技术发展中的潜在作用，同时为未来相关的科学政策和实践提供了见解。 本书聚焦于农村创新单元（RIU）的“最佳选择”非洲子项目。该项目确定了一些有前景的提案，旨在利用现有的农业研究成果，并使其以有益于发展中国家贫困人口的方式得到应用。为此预留的资金为500万英镑。本书的实证部分涵盖了2009年至2012年期间的项目选择、进展和项目管理，并特别关注了可能对未来相关技术发展援助有影响的经验教训。 这本热门书籍为从事自然资源管理、技术发展援助和低收入国家农业工作的研究生、研究人员、国际机构、非政府组织、政策制定者和政府组织提供了实现目标以及在非洲技术发展方面带来实际变革的直接证据。