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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xv
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  2. Innovation for Marginalized Smallholder Farmers and Development: An Overview and Implications for Policy and Research
    Franz W. Gatzweiler, Joachim von Braun
    Pages 1-22 Open Access
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  3. Innovation for the Rural Poor: Theory, Trends and Impacts

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 23-23
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    2. Institutional and Technological Innovations in Polycentric Systems: Pathways for Escaping Marginality
      Franz W. Gatzweiler
      Pages 25-40 Open Access
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    3. Innovations for Food and Nutrition Security: Impacts and Trends
      Evita Pangaribowo, Nicolas Gerber
      Pages 41-64 Open Access
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    4. Psychology of Innovation: Innovating Human Psychology?
      Manasi Kumar, Ashish Bharadwaj
      Pages 65-80 Open Access
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    5. An Optimization Model for Technology Adoption of Marginalized Smallholders
      Deden Dinar Iskandar, Franz W. Gatzweiler
      Pages 81-95 Open Access
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  4. Diversification of Agricultural Production and Income

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 97-97
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    2. The BRAC Approach to Small Farmer Innovations
      Md. Abdul Mazid, Mohammad Abdul Malek, Mahabub Hossain
      Pages 99-112 Open Access
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    3. Agricultural Research and Extension Linkages in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia
      Tilaye Teklewold Deneke, Daniel Gulti
      Pages 113-124 Open Access
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    4. Institutional Innovations for Encouraging Private Sector Investments: Reducing Transaction Costs on the Ethiopian Formal Seed Market
      Christine Husmann
      Pages 125-141 Open Access
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    5. Agricultural Service Delivery Through Mobile Phones: Local Innovation and Technological Opportunities in Kenya
      Heike Baumüller
      Pages 143-162 Open Access
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    6. Identification and Acceleration of Farmer Innovativeness in Upper East Ghana
      Tobias Wünscher, Justice A. Tambo
      Pages 163-180 Open Access
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    7. Gender, Social Equity and Innovations in Smallholder Farming Systems: Pitfalls and Pathways
      Tina D. Beuchelt
      Pages 181-198 Open Access
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    8. Assessing the Sustainability of Agricultural Technology Options for Poor Rural Farmers
      Simone Kathrin Kriesemer, Detlef Virchow, Katinka M. Weinberger
      Pages 199-211 Open Access
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    9. Land Degradation and Sustainable Land Management Innovations in Central Asia
      Alisher Mirzabaev
      Pages 213-224 Open Access
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    10. Biomass-Based Value Webs: A Novel Perspective for Emerging Bioeconomies in Sub-Saharan Africa
      Detlef Virchow, Tina D. Beuchelt, Arnim Kuhn, Manfred Denich
      Pages 225-238 Open Access
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  5. Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 239-239
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    2. Adoption of Stress-Tolerant Rice Varieties in Bangladesh
      Akhter U. Ahmed, Ricardo Hernandez, Firdousi Naher
      Pages 241-255 Open Access
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    3. More Than Cereal-Based Cropping Innovations for Improving Food and Livelihood Security of Poor Smallholders in Marginal Areas of Bangladesh
      Mohammad Abdul Malek, Mohammad Syful Hoque, Josefa Yesmin, Md. Latiful Haque
      Pages 257-288 Open Access
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    4. Integrated Rice-Fish Farming System in Bangladesh: An Ex-ante Value Chain Evaluation Framework
      Abu Hayat Md. Saiful Islam
      Pages 289-322 Open Access
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    5. Technologies for Maize, Wheat, Rice and Pulses in Marginal Districts of Bihar and Odisha
      P. K. Joshi, Devesh Roy, Vinay Sonkar, Gaurav Tripathi
      Pages 323-367 Open Access
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    6. Technological Innovations for Smallholder Farmers in Ghana
      Samuel Asuming-Brempong, Alex Barimah Owusu, Stephen Frimpong, Irene Annor-Frempong
      Pages 369-396 Open Access
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    7. Potential Impacts of Yield-Increasing Crop Technologies on Productivity and Poverty in Two Districts of Ethiopia
      Bekele Hundie Kotu, Assefa Admassie
      Pages 397-421 Open Access
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  6. Back Matter
    Pages 423-435
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About this book

Introduction

The aim of the book is to present contributions in theory, policy and practice to the science and policy of sustainable intensification by means of technological and institutional innovations in agriculture. The research insights re from Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The purpose of this book is to be a reference for students, scholars and practitioners inthe field of science and policy for understanding and identifying agricultural productivity growth potentials in marginalized areas.

Keywords

Agricultural development Environment Innovation Marginality Smallholders

Editors and affiliations

  • Franz W. Gatzweiler
    • 1
  • Joachim von Braun
    • 2
  1. 1.Center for Development ResearchUniversity of BonnBonnGermany
  2. 2.Center for Development ResearchUniversity of BonnBonnGermany

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25718-1
  • Copyright Information The Editor(s) (if applicable) and the Author(s) 2016
  • License CC BY-NC
  • Publisher Name Springer, Cham
  • eBook Packages Biomedical and Life Sciences
  • Print ISBN 978-3-319-25716-7
  • Online ISBN 978-3-319-25718-1
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