Agricultural Research Institutions and Priorities in an Era of Resource Scarcity: Discussion

1992 ◽  
Vol 74 (5) ◽  
pp. 1109-1110
Author(s):  
W. Burt Sundquist
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Resource Scarcity ◽  
Research Institutions

The CGIAR Virtual Library Bridging the Gap Between Agricultural Research and Worldwide Users

2009 ◽  
pp. 308-320
Author(s):  
Mila M. Ramos ◽  
Luz Marina Alvaré ◽  
Cecilia Ferreyra ◽  
Peter Shelton
Keyword(s):  
Information Retrieval ◽  
Strategic Alliance ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Research Institutions ◽  
Virtual Library ◽  
Regional Organizations ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Consultative Group

This chapter introduces the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Virtual Library as a tool for linking researchers and agricultural research results. The CGIAR is a strategic alliance of countries, international and regional organizations, and private foundations supporting 15 international agricultural centers that work in partnership with national agricultural research institutions and societies. The research results generated are numerous and cover a wide range of subject fields. While these are properly documented, locating relevant and timely information across the system’s 15 centers is a long and tedious process as individual databases have to be searched. The CGIAR virtual library (CGVLibrary) project of the CGIAR Libraries and Information Services Consortium (CGIARLISC) was created in 2005 to address the difficulty of information retrieval across the various centers. It is now available via the WWW (http://vlibrary.cgiar.org/) and knowledge generated by the CGIAR can now be retrieved with a few mouse clicks.

University Assistance in Building Agricultural Research Institutions in Southeast Asia – A Case Analysis

1970 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-67
Author(s):  
Eldon D. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Foreign Assistance ◽  
Institution Building ◽  
Research Institutions ◽  
Land Grant University ◽  
Organizational Aspect ◽  
History Of ◽  
Insight Into

Providing a sustained flow of improved physical, biological and social technology applicable to the country or region is essential in the strategy of agricultural development. Building research institutions, which have the capacity to supply this flow, has accounted for a large proportion of Land Grant University overseas technical assistance effort. Several papers and broad spectrum studies have attempted to review the experience to date with a view to inducing more productive effort. We shall (a) identify the main issues relating to required features of effective research institutions, (b) examine the history of American reasearch institutions for insight into the bases of effectiveness, (c) inventory institution-building attempts in Asian situations with regard to presence of these bases of effectiveness and (d) evaluate and interpret alternative policies of foreign assistance to build effective research programs in agriculture. Primary attention is focused upon one organizational aspect which appears to be both limitational and neglected – the engineering of dependable responsiveness of the institutions to the problems of their respective regions.

Cryopreservation of germplasm from chickens kept in Canadian research institutions

2008 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 577-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. G. Silversides ◽  
Y. Song ◽  
R. Renema ◽  
B. R. Rathgeber ◽  
H. L. Classen
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Resources ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Genetic Material ◽  
Publicly Funded ◽  
Research Institutions ◽  
Cryogenic Storage ◽  
Canadian Research

Twenty-three genetically distinct lines of chickens are maintained as living populations by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Canada’s eight Faculties of Agriculture. Historically, cryogenic storage of avian genetic material has been difficult, but we have developed techniques of gonadal transplantation to allow recuperation of stored genetic material into living birds. Gonads from 1660 day-old chicks or late-term embryos (810 females and 850 males) from 18 chicken populations from four Canadian institutions were harvested and cryopreserved using dimethylsulfoxide as a cryoprotectant. Future efforts will be directed to completing the collection of the populations kept in Canadian publicly-funded institutions that conduct agricultural research. Key words: Chicken, genetic resources, cryopreservation, gonads

scholarly journals P.I. Havsevych (1883–1920) and historical formation of the Research station of medicinal plants of the Institute of Agroecology and Environmental Management of NAAS (for 100th anniversary)

2016 ◽  
pp. 16-29
Author(s):  
V. Verhunov
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
State Level ◽  
100Th Anniversary ◽  
Research Station ◽  
Research Institutions ◽  
Environmental Sciences ◽  
Scientific Analysis ◽  
Political Figure

The life and creative achievements of known for his time agrarian, scientist and organizer of the national agricultural research dealing with the culture of medicinal plants; known public and political figure at times of the first state hopes Petro Ivanovych Havsevych is reconstructed by the method of historical and scientific analysis involving new, previously unavailable archival materials. The study documents lleged new date of birth. Unknown facts about the formation of a scientific outlook and especially creative achievements that ultimately led the creating by him in 1916 Europe’s first specialized branch of research institutions — plantation of medicinal plants in Lubny in Poltava region (now — Research Station of Medicinal Plants Institute of Agroecology and Environmental Sciences of NAAS) are revealed. The list of events to celebrate its centennial at the state level is proposed.

Tapping the Potential of Rice Research for Sustainable Agricultural Development: Lessons from Malaysia’s Public Research Institutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-114
Author(s):  
Nur Hanis Mohamad Noor ◽  
Boon Kwee Ng ◽  
Mohd Johaary Abdul Hamid
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Private Firms ◽  
Quadruple Helix ◽  
Public Research ◽  
Research Institutions ◽  
Civil Society Organisations ◽  
Public Research Institutions

This paper explores the achievements, implications and future potential of rice research to achieve sustainable agricultural development in Malaysia according to the Quadruple Helix Innovation Model. The case study on Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) reveals that there are three elements that drive food security and sustainable rice research and development – quality research by Public Research Institutions (PRIs), cooperative private firms in supporting national agricultural agenda and productive farmers in delivering high-yields farming. This paper claims that the presence of public-driven objectives in rice research is the crucial pivot in achieving national food security. The study also found that the cooperation from private firms is key in steering national agricultural agenda towards self-sustaining. The study also found the potential of civil society organisations (CSOs) to transform farmers into more active key players in sustainable agricultural development.

scholarly journals Branch initiative of Poltava Agricultural Society (1865–1920) in the agricultural sector of the country

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Victor Verhunov
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Research Institutions ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Regional Study ◽  
Agricultural Society

The aim of the article is to analyze the practical implementation of a number of innovations in the agricultural sector by Poltava Agricultural Society and to determine the historical role of the center for the development of sectoral research. Research methods: analysis, synthesis and critique of documentary sources; historical-typological, historical-systemic. Main results. It is proved that functioning of Poltava Agricultural Society during 1865–1920 became a real phenomenon of sectoral research work and the agrarian sector of the country as a whole. It was the founder of the formation and development of domestic agrarian science, sectoral research, production of environmentally friendly agricultural products, growing cereals, a number of innovations in animal husbandry and more. Innovations of the members of the Society contributed to the prosperity of entrepreneurship, forced to improve agricultural machinery, to acquire new progressive forms of business. The Society became a center for the development of scientific research in agronomy, initiating the regional study of agriculture of the state. The agricultural research institutions organized by it acted as intermediaries between science and practice. The progressive initiatives of this branch to increase the productivity of domestic fields and farms found practical application not only in Poltava region but also throughout the country. The existence of the Society, in fact, significantly influenced the further development of the agricultural sector of the Russian Empire. In addition, the Society has significant merits in educational activities, the creation of social infrastructure in the countryside in the form of specialized educational institutions, sectoral research institutions, libraries and museums. The practical significance. Studying the activities of Poltava Society of Agriculture gives the possibility of using its experience in the work of officially restored unit, which should take on the historical mission of reforming the system of scientific and educational support of agro-industrial production in accordance with the requirements of the region, the combination of cooperative practice and industry science. Article type: overview.

scholarly journals FUNGSI INFORMASI YANG DIPERLUKAN DI INSTITUSI PENELITIAN PERTANIAN

Agro Ekonomi ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Fawzia Sulaiman
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Agricultural Science ◽  
Agricultural Technology ◽  
Research Institutions ◽  
Research Institution ◽  
Agricultural Research And Development ◽  
Agricultural Science And Technology

ABSTRACT:In the globalization era, the generation and development of agricultural technology will influence the competitiveness of Indonesian agricultural products in the global market. In this respect, the critic on unreadiness of Indonesian universities as research universities and the low adoption rate of technology being generated by agricultural research institutions, need a serious attention from all parties dealing with the generation and development of agricultural science and technology. The critic also implies that agricultural research institution in universities and other agricultural research institutions, especially public agricultural research institutions within the Agency for Agricultural Research and Development and the Assessment Institute for Agricultural Technology, should become credible research based agricultural technology and information. Furthermore, the science and technology being generated and developed by those research institutions will be useful if they can be accessed easily in a relatively short periode of time. This is especially true as an agricultural research needs relatively a high financial support, and it should be considered as investment to obtain the greatest beneficial outcomes and impact for the agribusiness society and regional agricultural development. For this reason, an agricultural research institution needs to have an effective information system and management to promote and disseminate its research results. This paper discusses the information function that needs to be conducted in an agricultural research institution.

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