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Institutional Learning and Change: an introduction

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Title Institutional Learning and Change: an introduction
 
Creator Watts, J.
Mackay, R.
Horton, D.
Hall, A.
Douthwaite, Boru
Chambers, Robert
Acosta, A.S.
 
Subject learning
poverty
research
agriculture
 
Description Originally published by the International Service for National Agricultural Research as: Watts, J. R. Mackay, D. Horton, A. Hall, B. Douthwaite, R. Chambers and A. Acosta. (2003). Institutional learning and change: An introduction. ISNAR Discussion Paper No.03-10, The Hague: International Service for National Agricultural Research
Throughout the world, the pace of environmental, social and technological change is accelerating, and this in turn has major implications for the poor and their development prospects. Traditional transfer-of-technology approaches to agricultural research can no longer keep pace with the complex, diverse, risk-prone and dynamic realities of poor farmers.
If agricultural research organizations are to be more successful in reducing poverty and increasing the sustainability of agricultural production systems, they must become less isolated, more interconnected and more responsive. In so doing, they must transform themselves into learning organizations, more in touch with field realities and better able to learn and to change. Recent research on the poverty alleviating impacts of technology associated with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) has identified institutional learning and change (ILAC) as a key area for intervention if research is to be more efficient and effective in serving the poor.
 
Date 2007
2016-02-03T10:06:20Z
2016-02-03T10:06:20Z
 
Type Working Paper
 
Identifier Watts, J.; Mackay, R.; Horton, D.; Hall, A.; Douthwaite, B.; Chambers, R.; Acosta, A. (2007) Institutional Learning and Change: an introduction. ILAC Working Papers 3. 19 p.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/70607
 
Language en
 
Relation ILAC Working Papers
 
Rights Open Access
 
Format 19 p.
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