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Planning Rural Technologies In The Context Of Social Structures And Reward Systems

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  • Biggs, Stephen D.

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Many of the experiences of recent technological change, whether brought about by a process of explicit planning or by default have not contributed to improving the welfare of the poor who live in rural areas. This paper seeks to understand soma of the processes behind recent changes in agricultural and rural technology. It starts by looking at five different levels of rural technology decision making and discusses how these levels are interrelated. Case studies from high population density areas of Asia are used to illustrate some of the reasons for looking at social structures and reward systems at different levels of decision making. Suggestions in the concluding section include the need for rural technology case study research, the use of a rural technology checklist, and the strengthening of national, regional and decentralized research and production systems and a greater emphasis on collaborative work between disciplines when addressing problems of rural poverty.

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  • Biggs, Stephen D., 1978. "Planning Rural Technologies In The Context Of Social Structures And Reward Systems," Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, vol. 1(1), pages 1-26, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:bdbjaf:225538
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.225538
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    1. Hall, Andrew & Clark, Norman, 1995. "Coping with change, complexity and diversity in agriculture -- the case of rhizobium inoculants in Thailand," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 23(9), pages 1601-1614, September.
    2. Rajeswari S., 1995. "Agricultural research effort: Conceptual clarity and measurement," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 23(4), pages 617-635, April.
    3. Hall, Andrew & Rasheed Sulaiman, V. & Clark, Norman & Yoganand, B., 2003. "From measuring impact to learning institutional lessons: an innovation systems perspective on improving the management of international agricultural research," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 78(2), pages 213-241, November.

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