TY  - BOOK
AU  - Merrill-Sands, Deborah.
AU  - Kaimowitz, David.
AU  - Sayce, Kay.
AU  - Chater, Simon.
TI  - The Technology Triangle: Linking Farmers, Technology Transfer Agents, and Agricultural Researchers 
U1  - 630 22
PY  - 1989///
CY  - United Kingdom
PB  - isnar-International Service for National Agricultural Research
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Farming Technology
KW  - Agricultural Research
N1  - 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 



ER  -