Effective planning of programs and resources has become an even more important issue as funding for agricultural research becomes more scarce. In recent years progress has been made in understanding the institutional processes involved in planning as well as sharpening the planning tools developed to improve such processes.This unique book summarizes the main approaches and experiences in agricultural research planning, focussing on recent developments in the planning field, the new issues and concerns in agricultural development and research and future challenges. In addition it helps clarify and contribute to the standardization of the terminology used in research planning.
Foreword ix Acknowledgements x Introduction xi Govert Gijsbers Part I: The Context of Agricultural Research Planning 1(62) Willem Janssen Globalization: Planning Agricultural Research in an Open Market Economy 7(10) Steven R. Tabor Regionalization of Agricultural Research: Implications for Planning 17(12) Paul T. Perrault Integrating Natural Resource Management in Agricultural Research Planning 29(12) Gerdien W. Meijerink New Technologies and Planning 41(12) Cesar A. Falconi Planning, Performance, and Accountability 53(10) Warren Peterson Part II: The Content of Agricultural Research Planning 63(90) Helen Hambly Odame Agricultural Research Policy Development 69(10) Steven Were Omamo Michael Boyd Willem Janssen Science and Technology Foresight 79(14) Hans M. Rutten Strategic Planning 93(10) Carlos Valverde Master Planning 103(8) Helen Hambly Odame Program Planning 111(8) Marie-Helene Collion Research Project Planning 119(8) Olga Capo Silvia Galvez Ron Mackay Experiment Planning 127(8) Jorg Edsen Planning Financing and Investment 135(10) Gary Alex Derek Byerlee Planning Training 145(8) Edwin Brush Part III: Agricultural Research Planning as an Institutional Process 153(72) Govert Gijsbers Roles of Planners and Planning 159(12) Jose de Souza Silva Participation in Agricultural Research Planning 171(12) Louise Sperling Jacqueline Ashby Priority setting 183(12) Rudolf B. Contant Budgeting 195(12) Hilarion Bruneau Implementation 207(8) Jaime Tola Govert Gijsbers Helen Hambly Odame Towards an Integrated Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation System 215(10) Douglas Horton Luis Dupleich Part IV: Tools and Instruments for Agricultural Research Planning 225(96) Willem Janssen Analytic Hierarchy Process 231(12) Thomas Braunschweig Use of Constraint Trees in Research Planning 243(10) Ali Kissi Tools for Gender Analysis 253(10) Gerdien Meijerink Helen Hambly Odame Brigitte M. Holzner Geographic Information Systems 263(10) Douglas Pachico The Logical Framework 273(10) Henning Baur Information Systems for Research Planning 283(8) Richard Vernon Participatory Rural Appraisal 291(10) Vanessa Henman Robert Chambers Alternative Scenarios for Agricultural Research 301(8) Bruce Johnson Maria Lucia D Apice Paez Simulation Models for Planning 309(12) Philip Thornton Glossary 321(12) Gerdien W. Meijerink Websites 333(2) Authors 335(6) Acronyms 341(4) Index 345
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