Technological Abundance for Global Agriculture: The Role of Biotechnology

Juma, Calestous

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2020447

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“…Indeed, if African countries want to undertake such leapfrogging in areas of green innovation, they need to build up technological capabilities and access the vast fund of knowledge available in other countres around the world (Juma 2012). It is not enough to simply focus on technology acquisition and foreign direct investment.…”

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Innovation capabilities for sustainable development in Africa

Lee¹,

Juma

Mathews³

2014

WIDER Working Paper

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Typescript prepared by Lesley Ellen for UNU-WIDER. UNU-WIDER gratefully acknowledges the financial contributions to the research programme from the governments of Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) was established by the United Nations University (UNU) as its first research and training centre and started work in Helsinki, Finland in 1985. The Institute undertakes applied research and policy analysis on structural changes affecting the developing and transitional economies, provides a forum for the advocacy of policies leading to robust, equitable and environmentally sustainable growth, and promotes capacity strengthening and training in the field of economic and social policy-making. Work is carried out by staff researchers and visiting scholars in Helsinki and through networks of collaborating scholars and institutions around the world.

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Innovation capabilities for sustainable development in Africa

Lee¹,

Juma

Mathews³

2014

WIDER Working Paper

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“…At the endline sugarcane contributed to 56% of the households' total income. See Sugarcane farmers' view in terms of investment, risk, time horizon (short or long) and trust can influence adoption of certain agricultural practices and techniques (Barham et al, 2014;Laeequddin et al, 2012;Kwon & Suh, 2005;Juma, C. 2012;Nato et al, 2016). Willingness to invest is important in deciding whether to adopt a certain practice where investment is needed, i.e.…”

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Towards a sustainable sugarcane industry in India : improving livelihoods and increasing water use efficiency in sugarcane growing in India throughadoption of improved practices and technologies :evaluating progress between 2016 and 2021

Janssen¹,

Rijn²

2022

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This report presents the findings of the evaluation of the Sustainable Water Fund project by Solidaridad and its partners, which aimed to improve irrigation techniques and farming practices in the Sugarcane sector in two states in Southern India. Farmer data was collected and analyzed in three years: 2016 (baseline), 2018 (midline) and 2021 (endline). A project document review and project staff interviews were used to explain and validate results. These results show initial improvements in the adoption of good agricultural practices, including the use of improved irrigation practices, as well as improvements in productivity, followed by deteriorations in more recent years as a result of various challenges affecting the sugarcane sector. For future projects we recommend, among others, to consider shocks and improve farmer resilience, to apply different interventions for different types of farmers (including non-commodity focus interventions) and to engage farmers more strongly in the design of interventions.

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“…There could be a relation with the diversification of income but this assumed relation has to be confirmed with data from the final evaluation and with secondary data which is currently not available in this area. techniques (Barham et al, 2014;Laeequddin et al, 2012;Kwon & Suh, 2005;Juma, C. 2012;Nato et al, 2016). Willingness to invest is important in deciding whether to adopt a certain practice where investment is needed, i.e.…”

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confidence: 99%