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Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer

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  • © 1989

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Authors:
  1. I. Arnon

    1. Volcani Institute of Agricultural Research, Israel
      Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  3. Agricultural Research — Form and Content

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 313-313
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    2. The Conceptual Framework

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      Pages 315-347

    3. Allocation of Resources for Agricultural Research

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      Pages 348-372

    4. Planning the Research Programme

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      Pages 373-417

    5. The Research Project

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      Pages 418-433

  4. Human Resources in Agricultural Research

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      Pages 441-441
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    2. Formation of the Research Worker

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      Pages 443-480

    3. Manpower Needs, Recruitment and Personnel Policy

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      Pages 481-504

    4. The Research Organisation as a Social System

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      Pages 505-532

  5. Organisational Structure at the Institutional Level

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 539-539
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    2. Structure of a National Agricultural Research Institute

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      Pages 541-556

    3. Regionalisation of Agricultural Research

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      Pages 557-579

  6. Administration in the Service of Research

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      Pages 583-583
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    2. Principles of Research Management

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      Pages 585-598
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About this book

Agricultural research was probably the first and is the most widespread form of organised research in the world, and one in which both the most developed and underdeveloped countries are engaged. Whilst most forms of research activity, such as in the field of medicine, have world­ wide application, agricultural research, by its very nature, has to be regional; practically no research finding can be adopted without studying the results of its application under the infinite number of ecological situations with which the farmers of the world are faced. The improvement of agricultural production is the essential first step whereby developing countries can hope to raise their standard of living. Research is therefore an activity in which no underdeveloped country can afford not to engage; nor can countries in which agriculture has reached a high level of development and sophistication afford to neglect agricultural research. It is not because of inertia or vested interests that highly industrialised countries maintain, mostly at public expense, a costly and complex infrastructure for agricultural research. Even when problems of overproduction weigh heavily on the economy, agricultural research is considered the essential key to further progress: the objectives and goals are simply changed and adapted to the needs of the economy.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Volcani Institute of Agricultural Research, Israel

    I. Arnon

  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    I. Arnon

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer

  • Authors: I. Arnon

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6771-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Elsevier Science Publishers Ltd 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-011-6773-4Published: 09 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-6771-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 841

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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