- Course Details
- Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad FPM 2002-2003
- ISPE Course
- MTSA Course
- Other Readings
- Session Outline
- Session 1 & 2 THE CRISIS OF MODERN AGRICULTURE
- Session 3 & 4 SOCIAL PRESSURES FOR TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES
- Session 5 & 6 CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
- Session 7. MODELS OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
- Session 8. TECHNOLOGICAL APPRAISAL FROM THE INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE:
- Session 9.PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS FOR TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
- Session 10.FROM PROBLEM SOLVING TO SOLUTION AUGMENTING STRATEGIES:
- Session 11. TRANSITION TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE:
- Session 12. CASE OF LIVESTOCK FEED, BREED AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT
- Session 13. CASE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION IN DRY REGIONS AND HILLS
- Session 14. INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT FOR LOW EXTERNAL INPUT AGRICULTURE
- Session 15. ECOPRENEURS: AGENTS OF CHANGE - FOUR CASE STUDIES
- Session 16. & 17 POLICY AND ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR LINKING FORMAL AND INFORMAL SCIENCE
- Session 18 & 19. RISK AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
- Session 20. ETHICAL ISSUES IN TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE:
- Session 21 & 22: INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY
- Session Wise Reading
Session 10.FROM PROBLEM SOLVING TO SOLUTION AUGMENTING STRATEGIES:
- Farmers innovations for sustainable agriculture
- Ecopreneurship at grassroots level
- Networks of innovators: case of Honey Bee network
Essential Readings:
1.Biggs, Stephen D., “Informal R&D”, Ceres Vol. No. 76, July- August, 1980.
2.Gupta, A. K.1989. Maps drawn by farmers and extensionists. In Chambers, Robert et. al. (Ed), Farmer First: Farmer Innovation and Agricultural Research, London Intermediate Technology Publication, 1989, pp. 86-92.
3.Gupta, A. K. 2000. Grassroots Innovations for Survival, ILEIA Newsletter, Vol.16, No.2