BHOOCHETANA: Innovative Institutional Partnerships to Boost Productivity of Rainfed Agriculture in Karnataka, India
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KV Raju, Suhas Wani, K. H. Anantha. (31/7/2013). BHOOCHETANA: Innovative Institutional Partnerships to Boost Productivity of Rainfed Agriculture in Karnataka, India. Hyderabad, India: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).
Abstract
Although there has been a considerable development in publicprivate
partnership in developing countries, there are very few examples
of multiinstitutional
partnership for transferring agricultural technologies to smallholders. This paper discusses the example of
innovative partnership in Karnataka, where the consortium of state and nonstate
actors helping to transform subsistence dryland
agriculture into a sustainable business model through promoting propoor
agricultural technologies for bridging the yield gaps. The
paper demonstrated the usefulness of the partnership concept in guiding investments to support the development of agricultural
technology and helping to halve the poverty. It also shows effective convergence of funds and various schemes of federal and state
governments besides utilizing semiskilled
manpower as local extension agents. The paper concludes that with a strong partnership
between global scientific organizations and state and nonstate actors can offer a route to equitable growth in developing countries. This
approach has enabled scaleup
of this program to neighboring two states of South India.