Nicaragua - Responding to the Needs of Farmers Using Agricultural Technology, Knowledge and Innovation Systems

The Nicaraguan agricultural and livestock sector experienced wide policy shifts over the last two decades. State intervention during the Sandinista period (1979--1990) was reversed by subsequent governments that drastically reduced credit, curtailed government technical assistance services, and liberalized foreign and domestic input and output markets. However, government withdrawal was not accompanied by promotion of institutions to facilitate competition in input and output markets, and/or provision of credit and technical assistance.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Piccioni, Norman Bentley, Santucci, Fabio Maria
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2004-11
Subjects:	ADULTS, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH PROJECTS, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHERS, AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY, AGRICULTURAL TRAINING, AGRICULTURE, AGRONOMISTS, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, CAPACITY BUILDING, COLLECTIVE ACTION, CONSTITUENCIES, DECISION-MAKING, EXTENSION, EXTENSION SERVICES, EXTERNALITIES, FAMILIES, FARMERS, ILLITERACY, INFORMATION FLOWS, INFORMATION NEEDS, INNOVATION, INNOVATIONS, INSERVICE TRAINING, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INTERVENTION, ISOLATION, LESSONS LEARNED, LITERACY, LIVESTOCK, MARKETING, MASS MEDIA, MEDIA, NATURAL RESOURCES, NGOS, PRIVATE GOODS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROGRAMS, PROJECT, PUBLIC GOODS, PUBLIC SECTOR, REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT, REPORT, RESEARCH AGENDAS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SCIENTISTS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SUPPLIERS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICIANS, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, THE CONSULTATIVE GROUP, TRAINING ACTIVITIES, UNIVERSITIES, WORKERS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/11/5534939/nicaragua-responding-needs-farmers-using-agricultural-technology-knowledge-innovation-systems https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10346
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