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