From measuring impact to learning institutional lessons: An innovation systems perspective on improving the management of international agricultural research

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 213-241

  Hall, Andrew ^a   Rasheed Sulaiman, V ^b   Clark, Norman ^c   Yoganand, B ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY RESEARCH   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Impact assessment; Innovation systems; Institutional learning and change; International agricultural research

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; INNOVATION; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS;

EID: 0142059798     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(03)00127-6     Document Type: Note

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