Session 7. MODELS OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
- Theory of induced technological innovation
- Eco-political economic model
- Models of technological diffusion (lab to land)
- Farmers knowledge system (land to lab to land or farmer to farmer)
Essential Readings:
1.
Farmers’ Innovations and Agricultural Technologists: Building Sustainable Links, Presented at International Symposium on Strategies For Sustainable Mountain Agriculture, September 10-14, 1990, ICIMOD, Nepal. Published in Sustainable Mount Agriculture, entitled, “Farmer’s Innovations and Agricultural Technologies” (Eds.N.S.Jodha, M.Banskota and Tej Partap), Oxford & IBH Publishing Co.Pvt.Ltd., New Delhi. pp. 393-412., 1992.
2. Cowan, Tadlock, 2000,
Precision Agriculture: A Primer, Washington DC, CRS, Washington: The National Council for Science and the Environment.
www.ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/ Agriculture/ag-97.cfm
Desirable Reading:
8. Rhoades, R. Contextualising Sustainability for Mountain Agriculture. www.panasia.org.sg/nepalnet/socio/rhoades.htm
9. 2000.
Sustainable Agriculture and Globalised Economy. Report for discussion at the Tripartite Meeting on Moving to Sustainable Agricultural development through the Modernization of Agriculture and Employment in a Globilized Economy. Geneva, 18-22 September, 2000.
www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/ sector/techmeet/tmad00/tmad-r.pdf