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    Assessment of Constraints in Technology Transfer System and Policies which Limit the Realisation of High Green Leaf Production in the Smallholder Tea Sector of the Kenya Tea Industry: An Empirical Analysis of Economic Efficiency and Supply of Tea Part II

    Tea productivity in the smallholder sub sector has been relatively lower than in the estates sub sector over the years and the yields are still well below potential. This study investigated the efficiency of adoption of tea production technologies a…

    Philip Okinda Owuor

    • Tea Production
    • Smallholder Farmers
    • Technology Transfer
    • Agricultural Productivity
    • Agricultural resources
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    80 pages

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    Africa Capacity Report 2017: Building Capacity in Science, Technology and Innovation for Africa's Transformation

    African countries have shown their interest and willingness to strive for science, technology, and innovation (STI)-led development in the coming years.This Report shows that capacity in its various dimensions, though improving, remains a problem …

    African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)

    • Capacity Building
    • Science, Technology and Innovation
    • Science, technologie et innovation
    • Déficits de capacités
    • l’indice des capacités en Afrique
    • African Capacity Index
    • Skills Development
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    • Research and development projects
    • Brain drain
    224 pages

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    Socio-Economic Consequences of Technological Change on the Rural Non-Farm Igbo Women Entrepreneurs of South-Eastern Nigeria: Implications for Farm and Non-Farm Linkages

    "Technological change has affected many aspects of rural women’s non-farm enterprises with many positive and negative socio-economic consequences on the women enterpreneurs and their households. This study investigated the extent of this change, an…

    Jonathan Okechukwu Alimba

    Justina Uzoma Mgbada

    • Women Entrepreneurs
    • Socio-economic Impacts
    • Rural Livelihoods
    • Technological Change
    • Sustainable development--Developing countries
    • Labour market
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    75 pages

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    Gender Variable in Agricultural Technology: A Case Of Rural Farmers in Machakos District - Eastern Kenya

    Gender differentiated technology is not a new phenomenon. Indeed, most technologies are developed and tailored according to the stereotyped roles of men and women in society. In Africa, technological development has been modelled on western pre-sele…

    Esther Njiro

    • Agricultural Technology
    • Gender
    • Rural Farmers
    • Food Security
    • Agricultural Production
    • Agricultural resources
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    58 pages

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    Building Capacity in Science, Technology, and Innovation for Africa's Transformation: The Role of Higher Learning and Research Institutions

    Agenda 2063 and the Common African Position on Agenda 2030 identify STI as a key enabler to achieving development blueprints. In response, Africa adopted a 10-year Science, Technology, and Innovation Strategy (STISA–2024). Africa Capacity Report 201…

    African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)

    • Higher Education
    • Science, Technology and Innovation (STI)
    • Transformation
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    • Education
    • Research institutes
    2 pages

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    Building Capacity in Science, Technology and Innovation for Africa's Transformation: The Role of Governments

    The call to industrialize and modernize Africa has become popular in recent years, and the AU’s Agenda 2063 and the Common African Position on Agenda 2030 identify science, technology, and innovation (STI) as key enablers to achieve development blue…

    African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)

    • Science, Technology and Innovation (STI)
    • Transformation
    • Capacity Building
    • African Governments
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    2 pages

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    Locus of Control and Technology Adoption in Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia

    Despite substantial government investment to promote modern agricultural technologies - to improve yields and food security - the adoption rates of these technologies remain low in many African countries. This study analyzes two datasets (Ethiopi…

    Kibrom A. Abay

    Garrick Blalock

    Guush Berhane

    • Agricultural Technology
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    • Agricultural resources
    3 pages

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    The African Technopolitan September 2014

    In this issue the highlights of ACTS research are shared. The first article "Africa Rising? Not without science, technology and innovation discusses the potential for African growth despite civil wars and epidemics. This can however only be achieved…

    African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)

    • Science, Technology and Innovation
    • Foreign policy
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    • International relations
    23 pages

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    Building Capacity in Science, Technology and Innovation for Africa's Transformation: The role of Private Sector

    The call to industrialize and modernize Africa has become popular in recent years, and the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the Common African Position on Agenda 2030 identify science, technology and innovation (STI)1 as key enablers. Many African co…

    African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)

    • Science, Technology and Innovation
    • Private Sector
    • Capacity Building
    • Transformation
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    • Labour market
    • Civil society
    2 pages

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    The State of ICT in Lesotho (2016)

    While Lesotho has made significant progress towards its national vision of 2020, it faces several challenges as a small landlocked, lower-middle income country, with mountainous terrain and low population density outside of the capital, Maseru. The …

    Alison Gillwald

    Onkokame Mothobi

    Mariama Deen-Swarray

    • Information Communication Technologies (ICT)
    • ICT Strategy
    • ICT Policy
    • Internet Use
    • Information technology
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    99 pages

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    Trade, Inequality and Morocco

    International trade has become a pervasive feature of our lives, yet it remains controversial and resisted across the world. High and rising income inequality, which is often blamed on international trade, especially trade with China, is one reason…

    Uri Dadush

    • Inequality
    • Technology
    • International trade
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    • Economic development
    8 pages

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    Les Imperatifs de Capacités en Science, Technologie et innovation dans les pays Africains: Cas du Togo / The Requirements of Capacities in Science, Technology and Innovation in African Countries: Case of Togo

    Togo has a National Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) policy based on the priorities defined by the Strategy for Accelerated Growth and Employment Promotion (SCAPE 2013-2017) in the field of research and development, one of the factors of mod…

    Centre Autonome d'Etudes et de Renforcement des capacités pour le Développement au Togo (CADERDT)

    • Les Technologies Numériques
    • Digital Technologies
    • Croissance Economique
    • Economic Growth
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    • Sustainable development--Developing countries
    • Intellectual property--Government policy
    56 pages

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    Technology Shaping and Technology Policy From Workshop Highlights

    The role of society in shaping technological development is key to sound technology policies. This was the message emerging from a workshop “Understanding technology shaping, policy and research in development” that was held in Nairobi. It was a cu…

    Ann Njoki Kingiri

    Andrew Adwera

    • Sanitation
    • Technological Development
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    • Public health--Research
    6 pages

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    Gender Dimensions of Science and Technology African Women in Agriculture

    "African governments and international partners have made a commitment to women’s and girls’ access and participation to science and technology. This paper will concern itself specifically with the plight of African women in agriculture because they…

    Judi W. Wakhungu

    Patricia Bunyasi

    • Gender Equality
    • Food Security
    • African Women in Agriculture
    • Agricultural resources
    • Women's rights
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    4 pages

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    Science, Technology and Innovation in Africa's Regional Integration: From Rhetoric to Practice

    "This study has reviewed national and regional STI policies, programmes and priorities of African countries in general and 19 Sub Saharan countries in particular. Emphasis was placed on the strengths and features of national systems of innovation as…

    John O. Mugabe

    • Science, Technology and Innovation Policies
    • Technological Performance
    • Regional Development
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    • Education--International cooperation
    49 pages

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    Old Problems, New Solutions: Harnessing Technology and Innovation in the Fight against Global Poverty

    "This document comprises several policy briefs 1)The Innovation Revolution and its Implications for Development – the authors explore how technology-driven innovations in finance, management and accountability can catalyze scaled up development inte…

    Laurence Chandy

    Homi Kharas

    Cameron Peake

    • Technology Driven Innovations
    • Digital Financial Services
    • Communication Technologies
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    • Electronic industries
    • Poverty
    64 pages

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    The East Africa Conference on Intellectual Property Rights and Development

    "This is a synthesis report of the proceedings of the East Africa Conference on Intellectual Property Rights and Development which took place in Jinja-Uganda from the 28th -29th June 2006. The Conference brought together senior level officials from…

    Godber W. Tumushabe

    Ronald Naluwairo

    • Intellectual Property Rights
    • Technology Development
    • Technology Transfer
    • Intellectual property
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    32 pages

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    Impact of Cellular Phones on Technical and Allocative Efficiencies of Commercial Taxi and Fishing Boat Firms in Ghana

    "It is important for the policy makers to know the productivity of a factor of production, know the levels of technical and allocative efficiencies, and their significant determinants so that the policy makers can know on which factor or determinant…

    Vijay K. Bhasin, Prof

    Simon K. Harvey

    Eme Umoeka Fiawoyife

    • Mobile Technology
    • Fishing Boat Firms
    • Productivity
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    • Transportation
    • Poverty
    4 pages

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    Seeing is Believing? Evidence from a Demonstration Plot Experiment in Mozambique

    "We preliminarily find that providing sustainable land management (SLM) training to standard contact farmers and having them maintain demonstration plots within the community on a whole had low impact on the knowledge and adoption of SLM practices. …

    Florence Kondylis

    Valerie Mueller

    • Sustainable Land Management
    • Agricultural Training
    • Agricultural resources
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    20 pages

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    Technology Diffusion through Intellectual Property Rights: Innovating to Combat Climate Change

    "The technological revolution required by climate action, aimed at mitigating the impact of climate change, can be achieved by existing technology, but would benefit immensely from continued innovation to lower costs. Such a revolution will enable d…

    Peet Du Plooy

    • Intellectual Property Rights
    • Clean Energy
    • Energy Technology
    • Climatic changes
    • Technological innovations--Economic aspects
    • Renewable energy sources
    21 pages

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