The Technology Triangle: Linking Farmers, Technology Transfer Agents, and Agricultural Researchers / Deborah Merrill-Sands and David Kaimowitz, with Kay Sayce and Simon Chater.

By: Contributor(s): 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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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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