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Placing agricultural research and technology transfer in one organization: Two experiences from Colombia

Author(s) -

Kaimowitz David

Publication year - 1990

Publication title -

public administration and development

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574

H-Index - 44

eISSN - 1099-162X

pISSN - 0271-2075

DOI - 10.1002/pad.4230100207

Subject(s) - ordination , institution , technology transfer , agriculture , competition (biology) , transfer (computing) , business , regional science , public economics , economics , sociology , social science , computer science , geography , mathematics , statistics , ecology , international trade , archaeology , parallel computing , biology

Based on two experiences from Colombia, placing agricultural research and technology transfer in the same institution is found to be neither a necessary, nor sufficient, condition for effective co‐ordination between the two activities or improved institutional performance. Additional factors to consider include: (1) the specificity of the problems addressed; (2) the institution's capacity to manage the co‐ordination; (3) status differences and competition over resources; (4) institutional size; and (5) the level of politicization of the technology transfer activities.

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