Forming NARI-university partnerships, which include joint research projects, joint supervision of postgraduate students, and joint seminars and annual research reviews.
Linking with clients and stakeholders to ensure that university programs respond to client needs. Links can be established with POs and rural NGOs that promote equity in development.
Encouraging research publishing to disseminate and promote research findings and increase the visibility of university programs. Equal incentives should be provided for local publication of development-oriented research and international publication of more academic work.
Selected Readings Asterisk (*) at the end of a reference indicates that it is available on the Web. See Appendix 1 for a full list of Websites.
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization). 1993. “The Role of Universities in National Agricultural Research Systems.” Report of the FAO Expert Consultation, March 10-22, 1991, Rome: FAO.
World Bank. 2002. “Constructing Knowledge Societies: New Challenges for Tertiary Education.” World Bank, Washington, DC.*
World Bank. AKIS Sustainable Agriculture. http://www.worldbank.org/rural.
References Cited
Hobbs, H., C. Valverde, E. Indarte, and B. Lanfranco. 1998. “The Agricultural Technology Development Fund for Contract Research: An INIA (Uruguay) Initiative.” Briefing Paper 40. The Hague: International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR).
Venezian, E. 1993. “A Case of University Participation in National Agricultural Research: The Faculty of Agriculture, Catholic University of Chile.” In “The Role of Universities in National Agricultural Research Systems.” Report of the FAO Expert Consultation, March 10–22, 1991. Rome: FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization).
This investment note was prepared by Carl Eicher and Gary Alex, based on the World Bank Good Practice Note, “Integrating Universities into National Agricultural Research and Extension Systems,” with input from the Sustainable Agriculture (SASKI) Thematic Team of the World Bank. |
  
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