Technological and Institutional Innovations for Marginalized Smallholders in Agricultural Development

The aim of the book is to present contributions in theory, policy and practice to the science and policy of sustainable intensification by means of technological and institutional innovations in agriculture. The research insights re from Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The purpose of this book is to be a reference for students, scholars and practitioners inthe field of science and policy for understanding and identifying agricultural productivity growth potentials in marginalized areas.

Foreword; Gordon Conway
1. Innovation for Marginalized Smallholder Farmers and Development: an Overview and Implications for Policy and Research; Franz W. Gatzweiler and Joachim von Braun
Part 1 Innovation for the Rural Poor: Theory, Trends and Impacts
2. Institutional and technological innovations in polycentric systems –pathways for escaping marginality; Franz W. Gatzweiler
3. Innovations for Food and Nutrition Security: Impacts and Trends; Evita Pangaribowo and Nicolas Gerber
4. Psychology of Innovation: Innovating human psychology?; Manasi Kumar
5. An optimization model for technology adoption of marginalized smallholders; Deden Dinar Iskandar and Franz W. Gatzweiler
Part 2 Diversification of Agricultural Production and Income
6. The BRAC Approach to Small Farmers' Innovations; Md. Abdul Mazid
7. Agricultural Research and Extension Linkages in Amhara Region, Ethiopia;Tilaye Teklewold Deneke
8. Transaction costs on the Ethiopian formal seed market and innovations for encouraging private sector investments; Christine Husmann
9. Agricultural Service Delivery Through Mobile Phone: Local innovations and Technological Opportunities in Kenya; Heike Baumüller
10. Identification and Acceleration of Farmer Innovativeness in Upper East Ghana; Tobias Wünscher and Justice Akpene Tambo
11. Gender, social equity and innovations in smallholder farming systems: pitfalls and pathways; Tina Beuchelt
12. Assessing the Sustainability of Agricultural Technology Options for Poor Rural Farmers; Simone K. Kriesemer, Detlef Virchow, Katinka M. Weinberger
13. Land Degradation and Sustainable Land Management Innovations in Central Asia; Alisher Mirzabaev
14. Biomass-based value web. A Novel Perspective for Emergng Bioeconomies in Sub-Saharan Africa; Detlef Virchow, Tina Beuchelt, Arnim Kuhn, Manfred Denich
Part 3 Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture
15. Adoption of Stress-tolerant Rice Varieties in Bangladesh; Akhter Ahmed, Ricardo Hernandez and Firdousi Naher
16. More than cereal based cropping innovations for improving food and livelihood security of poor small holders in marginal areas of Bangladesh; Md. Abdul Malek
17. Integrated Rice-fish Farming System in Bangladesh: An Ex-Ante Value Chain Evaluation Framework; Abu Hayat Md. Saiful Islam
18. Technologies for Maize, Wheat, Rice and Pulses in Marginal Districts of Odisha and Bihar; PK Joshi and Devesh Roy
19. Technological Innovations for Smallholder Farmers in Ghana; Samuel Asuming-Brempong, Alex Owusu Barima, Stephen Frimpong, Irene Annor-Frempong
20. Potential impacts of yield increasing crop technologies on poverty reduction in two districts of Ethiopia; Bekele Hundie and Assefa Admassie

Dr. Franz W. Gatzweiler, Principle Investigator, Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Germany.