The Technology Triangle: Linking Farmers, Technology Transfer Agents, and Agricultural Researchers / Deborah Merrill-Sands and David Kaimowitz, with Kay Sayce and Simon Chater.
Publication details: United Kingdom: isnar-International Service for National Agricultural Research, 1989Description: xiv, 118 p . : ill.; 25 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:- 22 630 MER
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Book Open Access | Engineering Library | 630 MER 1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | BUML24022644 |
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
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