Planning Agricultural Research :A Sourcebook

Publication subTitle :A Sourcebook

Author: Gijsbers   G.; Janssen   W.; Hambly Odame   H.; Meijerink   G.  

Publisher: CABI Publishing‎

Publication year: 2000

E-ISBN: 9780851999661

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780851994017

Subject: S-1 Current Situation and Development of Agricultural Sciences Technology

Keyword: Economics Agriculture and Related Industries

Language: ENG

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Description

Effective planning of programs and resources has become an even more important issue as funding for agricultural research becomes more scarce. In recent years progress has been made in understanding the institutional processes involved in planning as well as sharpening the planning tools developed to improve such processes.This unique book summarizes the main approaches and experiences in agricultural research planning, focussing on recent developments in the planning field, the new issues and concerns in agricultural development and research and future challenges. In addition it helps clarify and contribute to the standardization of the terminology used in research planning.

Chapter

Chapter 1 Globalization: Planning Agricultural Research in an Open Market Economy

Chapter 2 Regionalization of Agricultural Research: Implications for Planning

Chapter 3 Integrating Natural Resource Management in Agricultural Research Planning

Chapter 4 New Technologies and Planning

Chapter 5 Planning, Performance, and Account a bi I i ty

Part II The Content of Agricultural Research Planning

Chapter 6 Agricultural Research Policy Development

Chapter 7 Science and Technology Foresight

Chapter 8 Strategic Planning

Chapter 9 Master Planning

Chapter 10 Program Planning

Chapter I 1 Research Project Planning

Chapter 12 Experiment Planning

Chapter 13 Planning Financing and Investment

Chapter 14 Planning Training

Part III Agricultural Research Planning as an Institutional Process

Chapter 15 Roles of Planners and Planning

Chapter 16 Participation in Agricultural Research Planning

Chapter 17 Priority Setting

Chapter 18 Budgeting

Chapter 19 Implementation

Chapter 20 Towards an Integrated Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation System

Part IV Tools and Instruments for Agricultural Research Planning

Chapter 21 Analytic Hierarchy Process

Chapter 22 Use of Constraint Trees in Research Planning

Chapter 23 Tools for Gender Analysis

Chapter 24 Geographic Information Systems

Chapter 25 The Logical Framework

Chapter 26 Information Systems for Research Planning

Chapter 27 Participatory Rural Appraisal

Chapter 28 Alternative Scenarios for Agricultural Research

Chapter 29 Simulation Models for Planning

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