Stemming from an 11-year DFID funded programme under its Renewable Natural
Resources Research Strategy (RNRRS), "Technology Development Assistance for
Agriculture: Putting Research into Low Income Countries" reviews part of this
programme as a case study of a broader issue of technology development for
Africa. Controversially, it critiques current international technology
development assistance and focuses on the potential role of the private sector
in agricultural technology development as well as providing insights for future
cognate science policy and practice.
The book focuses on the RIU "Best Bets" Africa sub-programme. This identified
promising proposals to take existing agriculture research products and put these
into use in ways that would benefit