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Technology Assessment and Transfer for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in the Asia-Pacific Region

A Research Management Perspective

Year of publication 1994

Pages 213 p.

Author Kwaschik, R.;Singh, R.B.;Paroda, R.S.;Animal Production and Health Division

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This publication addresses two of the major constraints to sustainable agriculture: the elusiveness of the sustainability concept and the limited ability of some National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) to assess, acquire and develop technological options with a view to sustainability.

Language English

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