Strengthening Agricultural Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa from an Innovation Systems Perspective

The Discussion Paper No. 736 of IFPRI (December 2007) examines the role of postsecondary agricultural education and training (AET) in Sub-Saharan Africa in the context of the region's agricultural innovation systems.

Specifically, the paper looks at how AET in Sub-Saharan Africa can contribute to agricultural development by strengthening innovative capabilities, or the ability to introduce new products and processes that are socially or economically relevant to smallholder farmers and other agents in the agricultural sector.
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