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Agricultural Research Problems in Small Developing Countries: Case Studies from the South Pacific Island Nations

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  • J. Brian Hardaker
  • Euan M. Fleming

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While research‐based technological improvements are an important part of a successful agricultural development strategy, the small South Pacific Island Nations face special difficulties in attaining such innovations because of their particular agricultural production and marketing circumstances and because of diseconomies of small size in research. There is a need to sharpen the focus of national agricultural research efforts on adaptive work, implying both increased international and regional collaboration and the reorientation of national programs to be more receptive to outside ideas and information. It is particularly important to seek a parsimonious research paradigm, involving a broadening of the range of people who contribute to the research process.

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  • J. Brian Hardaker & Euan M. Fleming, 1989. "Agricultural Research Problems in Small Developing Countries: Case Studies from the South Pacific Island Nations," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 3(4), pages 279-292, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:agecon:v:3:y:1989:i:4:p:279-292
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.1989.tb00091.x
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    1. Omuru, Eric & Kingwell, Ross S., 2000. "Research Priority-Setting In Papua New Guinea: Policies, Methods And Practicalities," 2000 Conference (44th), January 23-25, 2000, Sydney, Australia 123714, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.

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