Strengthening agricultural education and training in sub-Saharan Africa from an innovation systems perspective
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2007
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Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Abstract
This paper examines the role of postsecondary agricultural education and training (AET) in Sub-Saharan Africa in the context of the region’s agricultural innovation systems. Specifically, the paper looks at how AET in Sub-Saharan Africa can contribute to agricultural development by strengthening innovative capabilities, or the ability to introduce new products and processes that are socially or economically relevant to smallholder farmers and other agents in the agricultural sector.
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Training, Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), Adult education, Institutional capacity building, Universities, Associations, Adoption of innovations, Agricultural education and training, Innovation systems, Sub-Saharan Africa, Ethiopia, Mozambique
Citation
IFPRI Discussion Paper 00736