A systems and partnership approach to agricultural research for development: Lessons from Ethiopia

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 213-220

  Abate, Tsedeke ^a   Shiferaw, Bekele ^b   Gebeyehu, Setegn ^c   Amsalu, Berhanu ^c   Negash, Kassaye ^c   Assefa, Kebebew ^d   Eshete, Million ^d   Aliye, Sherif ^d   Hagmann, Jürgen ^e  

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

^b International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT)   (Kenya)

^c ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^d Debre Zeit Research Centre   (Ethiopia)

^e Innovation and Organizations   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Innovation systems; Partnerships; Scaling up out; Technology dissemination; Tropical legumes; Value chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455213073     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/oa.2011.0048     Document Type: Article

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