The Technology Triangle: Linking Farmers, Technology Transfer Agents, and Agricultural Researchers /
Merrill-Sands, Deborah.
The Technology Triangle: Linking Farmers, Technology Transfer Agents, and Agricultural Researchers / Deborah Merrill-Sands and David Kaimowitz, with Kay Sayce and Simon Chater. - United Kingdom: isnar-International Service for National Agricultural Research, 1989 - xiv, 118 p . : ill.; 25 cm.
CONTENT
1: The Need for Links
Links with Technology Users: Luxury, or Vital Ingredient?
Ensuring the Relevance of Research
Ensuring Effective Technology Transfer
2: Putting the Links into Context
Policy Factors
Resource Factors
Technical Factors
3: Organizational Considerations
Grouping Tasks
Structural Linkage Mechanisms
The Issue of Size
Reorganization
4: Managing Linkage Mechanisms
Types of Linkage Mechanisms
Different Links for Different Types of Technology
Principles for Using Linkage Mechanisms
5: Human Resource Issues
Status Differences
Managing On-Farm Research Staff
6: The Management Challenge
The Need for Active Management
Creating Institutional Conditions for Effective Links
Includes: References p. 97-99
Agriculture
Farming Technology
630 / MER
The Technology Triangle: Linking Farmers, Technology Transfer Agents, and Agricultural Researchers / Deborah Merrill-Sands and David Kaimowitz, with Kay Sayce and Simon Chater. - United Kingdom: isnar-International Service for National Agricultural Research, 1989 - xiv, 118 p . : ill.; 25 cm.
CONTENT
1: The Need for Links
Links with Technology Users: Luxury, or Vital Ingredient?
Ensuring the Relevance of Research
Ensuring Effective Technology Transfer
2: Putting the Links into Context
Policy Factors
Resource Factors
Technical Factors
3: Organizational Considerations
Grouping Tasks
Structural Linkage Mechanisms
The Issue of Size
Reorganization
4: Managing Linkage Mechanisms
Types of Linkage Mechanisms
Different Links for Different Types of Technology
Principles for Using Linkage Mechanisms
5: Human Resource Issues
Status Differences
Managing On-Farm Research Staff
6: The Management Challenge
The Need for Active Management
Creating Institutional Conditions for Effective Links
Includes: References p. 97-99
Agriculture
Farming Technology
630 / MER