Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
TAP partner
Acronym:
FAO
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International Organizations
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An intergovernmental organization, FAO has 194 Member Nations, two associate members and one member organization, the European Union. Its employees come from various cultural backgrounds and are experts in the multiple fields of activity FAO engages in. FAO’s staff capacity allows it to support improved governance inter alia, generate, develop and adapt existing tools and guidelines and provide targeted governance support as a resource to country and regional level FAO offices. Headquartered in Rome, Italy, FAO is present in over 130 countries.
Areas of activity:
Capacity development
Focus of Capacity Development:
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Resources from this Organisation
Innovative and Effective Ways to Enhance Rural Learning in Africa
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2013Authors:
Van Mele PaulWanvoeke JonesRodgers JosephineMcKay Blythe Analyzing the functional dynamics of technological innovation systems : A scheme of analysis
Various researchers and policy analysts have made empirical studies of innovation systems in order to understand their current structure and trace their dynamics. However, policy makers often experience difficulties in extracting practical guidelines from studies of this kind. In this...
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2008Authors:
Bergek AnnaJacobsson S.Carlsson BoLindmark S.Rickne A. Innovation systems: Implications for agricultural policy and practice
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2005Authors:
Hall AndyMytelka LynnOyeyinka Banji Transforming the Roles of a Public Extension Agency to Strengthen Innovation: Lessons from the National Agricultural Extension Project in Bangladesh
Purpose: The rapidly evolving nature of agricultural innovation processes in low-income countries requires agricultural extension agencies to transform the classical roles that previously supported linear information dissemination and adoption of innovation. In Bangladesh, strengthening agricultural innovation calls for facilitation of...
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2014Authors:
Chowdhury Ataharul HuqHambly Odame HelenLeeuwis Cees Post Harvest Innovations in Innovation: reflections on partnership and learning
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2003Authors:
Hall A JYoganand BSulaiman R VPost-harvest Clark N G Unlocking the potential of social learning for climate change and food security
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2013 Land Use Status and Trends in Amazonia
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2013Authors:
Coca-castro AlejandroReymondin LouisBellfield HelenHyman Glenn Impactful Innovations: Lessons from Family Agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean
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2014Authors:
Henriquez PrischilaLi Pun Hugo Rural Extension as Part of an Innovation System
Role of rural extension in innovation system, Extension as a tool
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2004Authors:
Romero Lorena The Challenge of Capacity Development: Working towards good practice
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2006Authors:
OECD Working Paper series : Capacity Building (DFID Research Strategy 2008-2013)
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2013 
