Documents & Reports
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Agricultural Innovation in Developing East Asia : Productivity, Safety, and Sustainability (English)
Agricultural innovation has played a critical role in the economic transformation of developing East Asian countries over the past half century. The Green Revolution, in the form of modern seed varieties...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 166739 Document Date: October 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Rajalahti,Riikka
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Strengthening agricultural extension and advisory systems : procedures for assessing, transforming, and evaluating extension systems (Arabic)
The purpose of this paper is to provide information on how to transform and strengthen pluralistic agricultural extension and advisory systems in moving toward the broader goal of increasing farm income...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 56587 Document Date: April 17, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Rajalahti,Riikka,Swanson,Burton E.
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Handshake : IFC's quarterly journal on public-private partnerships (5) (English)
This issue includes the following headings: seeds and soil: smallholder agriculture; innovation: pairing commercial buyers with rural producers; grain storage: a ready role for public-private partnerships...
Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 54688 Document Date: April 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Battat,Michelle L.,Bisby, Jyoti,Buckholtz, Alison [editor],Collion, Marie-Hélène,Dahan,Mariana,Delmon,Jeffrey John,Delmon,Victoria Hilda Rigby,Drechsel, Pay,Ekanayake,Indira Janaki,Gupta,Neeraj,Haslam, Maggie,Lampietti,Julian A.,Lurie,Jay Brandon,Mandri-Perrott,Xavier Cledan,Mckee,David Michael,Mhlanga, Nomathemba,Moses, Gene,Mulenga, Barnabas,Oliveira, Tanya Scobie [editor],Onimus,Francois,Otoo, Miriam,Perard,Edouard,Pingali,Prabhu,Rajalahti,Riikka,Ryan,John Edwin Holston,Santacoloma, Pilar,Toyoda,Makiko,Vegarra,German A.
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Eyeing the future of agriculture : a vision for agricultural innovation in Chile (English)
Chile is one of the leading agricultural producers in Latin America and an important player in world agro-alimentary markets-a position it is determined to maintain. In 2008, the government (through the...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 67711 Document Date: December 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Willem Janssen,Rajalahti,Riikka,Edmeades,Svetlana,Nussbaumer,Beatriz Brigida
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Agricultural innovation funds (English)
In order for agricultural development to fulfill its potential role as a source of growth and reducer of poverty, it must be constantly renewed through knowledge and innovation. Getting resources into...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 64929 Document Date: May 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Larson,Gunnar,Rajalahti,Riikka
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Strengthening agricultural extension and advisory systems : procedures for assessing, transforming, and evaluating extension systems (English)
The purpose of this paper is to provide information on how to transform and strengthen pluralistic agricultural extension and advisory systems in moving toward the broader goal of increasing farm income...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 56587 Document Date: January 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Rajalahti,Riikka,Swanson,Burton E.
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Agricultural innovation systems : from diagnostics toward operational practices (English)
This discussion paper presents the converging views of workshop participants and the emerging agenda for an agricultural innovation systems approach. It incorporates views and content from the economic...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 43435 Document Date: January 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Rajalahti,Riikka, Janssen, Willem,Pehu,Eija
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Social and environmental sustainability of agriculture and rural development investments : a monitoring and evaluation toolkit (English)
The purpose of this toolkit is to provide practical guidance in the monitoring and evaluation of the environmental and social sustainability of Agricultural and Rural Development (ARD) programs and projects...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 38710 Document Date: January 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Fuentes, Marlene,Pehu,Eija,Punkari, Mikko,Rajalahti,Riikka,White,Pamela J.
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Health enhancing foods : country case studies of China and India (English)
The main objective of this study is to provide a comprehensive review of the functional foods sector in developing countries and assess its investment potential in two countries, mainly India and China...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 38715 Document Date: January 1, 2007 Author: Ford, Kent,Konishi,Yasuo,Pehu,Eija,Rajalahti,Riikka
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Scenario planning to guide long-term investments in agricultural science and technology: theory and practice from a case study on India (English)
A number of changes worldwide are taking place that have implications for the rural and agricultural sector. Population growth, improved incomes, and shifting dietary patterns continue to increase and...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 37066 Document Date: June 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Rajalahti,Riikka,van der Heijden, Kees,Janssen, Willem,Pehu,Eija
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Health enhancing foods : opportunities for strengthening developing countries (English)
Functional foods have entered the global markets with force in the past decade and have rapidly gained market share as value added products. Although the term "functional foods" currently lacks a common...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 37067 Document Date: June 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kotilainen,Liisa,Rajalahti,Riikka,Ragasa,Catherine R.,Pehu,Eija
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Enhancing agricultural innovation : how to go beyond the strengthening of research systems (English)
Agricultural development depends to a great extent on how successfully knowledge is generated and applied. Investments in knowledge - especially in the form of science and technology have featured prominently...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 36346 Document Date: January 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hall, Andy,Janssen,Wilhelmus Gerardus,Pehu,Eija,Rajalahti,Riikka
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Gender issues in monitoring and evaluation in rural development : a tool kit (English)
The World Bank aims to reduce gender disparities and inequalities by enhancing women's participation in economic development. It assists member countries in formulating and implementing their gender and...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 48487 Document Date: June 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Fort,Lucia,Pehu,Eija,Rygenstad, Hild,Rajalahti,Riikka,Dhar,Arunima
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Monitoring and evaluation for World Bank agricultural research and extension projects : a good practice note (English)
This Good Practice Note aims to assist Task Teams of the World Bank and their colleagues in the client countries develop and implement effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems for agricultural...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 37057 Document Date: January 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Pehu,Eija,Rajalahti,Riikka,Woelcke,Johannes
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Developing research systems to support the changing agricultural sector (English)
Given the pace of globalization of agriculture, rapid changes in science base, and the diverse regional features of the research systems, there is a need to take stock of recent experience and re-think...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 33610 Document Date: January 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Pehu,Eija,Rajalahti,Riikka,Woelcke,Johannes