1. interaction will fast ( hasten) the process of GRI R&D and diffusion; the forms of interaction between formal and informal sector has been studied at length; see Biggs, 1987, Gupta, 1981, 1987, Chambers, 1987 briefly: I argued that one could look at the follwowing table communication and power communication communication one way two way no…
key issues LIyan and her students raised are: Development and Diffusion of Farmer Innovation in China: Interaction between Informal and Formal Sectors research assumptions: 1. interaction will fast the process of GRI R&D and diffusion; 2. The interaction between informal and formal sectors in promoting the development and diffusion of farmer innovation takes place not…
when agricultural scientist meet to determine the methodology of prioritization of mega research programes, which they expect donors to support, why they feel shy of dealing with uncertainties more pragmatically. Why do we assure more definite resulst than what are possible? why do we argue that we have the mdoels which predict hwo research will…
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/index.php?issueid=115&id=52236&option=com_content&task=view§ionid=30 COVER STORY India TodayCover StoryStory Let talent blossom July 17, 2009 Anil Gupta Professor, IIM-Ahmedabad Bavabhai Sondarva, a teacher from Junagadh, asked his students to collect different thorns from different corners of the village. He then explained to them the conditions these thorns required to survive in. A simple approach like this that…
Posted: Fri, Apr 11 2008. 12:52 AM IST Economy and Politics We want India’s children to be creative, innovative The challenge is to ensure the creativity within the child prospers with time and not vanishes Sunil Raghu Ahmedabad: The National Innovation Foundation (NIF), set up by the department of science and technology, has been providing…
during last week, i met so many creative people whose creativity, almost neglected by indians makes me feel sad and angry, but also hopeful. Things will CHANGE. LET ME BEGIN WITH THE LATEST CASE OF JUSTICE DENIED, THis TIMe BY a reputed magazine National Geographic, http://blogs.ngm.com/blog_central/wide-angle/ courtesy National Geographic HE INVENTED AND FILED A PATENT IN…
Soil health, plant health and human health: A proposal for research Soon after the onset of green revolution, scientists had become aware that increase in the production was taking place due to mining of nutrients from the soil. When even the macro nutrients were not being given in balanced proportion, the supply of macro nutrients…
why such an a distinguished group like WWAS has not been able to make the impact that it can. The World Academy of Art and Science was established in 1960 as a non-official network of individual Fellows from diverse cultures, nationalities, and intellectual disciplines, “chosen for eminence in art, the natural and social sciences, and the humanities. Its activities…
Presient Patil said in her opening address to Parliament: My Government will ensure that its policies for education and science and technology are imbued with a spirit of innovation so that the creativity of a billion people is unleashed. The next ten years would be dedicated as a Decade of Innovation. It may be a…
creative kids, when will we stop burdening them there is a debnate going on educational reforms but not on how to let children be, how can they spend childhood free from the gruelling expectations of adults, how can they play and be mischivious when they love to. should children be taking tutions even in the…