The purpose of this study was to identify the executive skills employed by County Extension Directors (CEDs), Trade Association Directors (TADs) and Team Leaders/Chiefs-of-party (TL/COPs), to determine which frequently used executive skills were common to all three positions and to identify the major source of executive skill acquisition. Analysis of the executive skills employed by CEDs and TL/COPs (the TADs were excluded from this analysis for statistical reasons) revealed 34 frequently used executive skills common to both groups. These were in the areas of problem-solving, group dynamics, decision-making, coordinating, communication and organization. Most respondents acquired their executive skills on the job, but 85% held Bachelor's degrees and over half of those were in agricultural disciplines. Study results indicated an opportunity for Colleges of Agriculture to develop executive skill curricula in addition to technical curricula at the undergraduate level. Internships and experiential classroom activities were recommended to facilitate executive skill development.

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Over the past 30 years, there has been a marked proliferation of the use of public–private partnerships (P3s) for the management of agricultural innovation systems. This is part of a larger worldwide trend of using P3s in the provision of public goods and services. Despite the large number of agricultural P3s in operation, a literature review demonstrated paucity of both case studies and of theory, meaning that the study of these emerging business models has not kept pace with practice. Over the last 30 years, only 38 peer-reviewed articles have been published. The objective of this dissertation is to advance the theory, analysis, and policy review of agricultural P3s. There are four independent investigations in this dissertation that advance the knowledge of agricultural P3s in seven specific ways. First, these investigations introduce two quantitative methodologies to empirically demonstrate the critical role P3s occupy in research and development (R&D) innovation networks and in the development, dissemination and commercialization of new technologies that enhance global food security. Second, this analysis suggests that the key variable influencing the formation of these organizations is people, rather than public policy or market incentives. Third, agricultural P3s require large up-front investments and they have extended gestation periods; therefore, they are dependent upon public support. Fourth, P3s are not a means of privatizing public functions; rather, they represent a new and emerging process of collaboration that transcends the public–private dichotomy. Fifth, agricultural P3s appear to operate in “orphan spaces,” sectors that, for a variety of reasons, are ignored by the public and private sectors. Sixth, there is evidence to suggest that many P3s require the services of P3 experts of which there is a shortage, particularly in the developing world. Seventh, each agricultural P3 is novel because each is the result of sector-specific challenges and has a structure that is dependent upon the types and number of partners and their objectives, limiting the ability to transfer explicit lessons from existing models to new P3s.

Since the 1979 World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (WCARRD) and the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment Development, international agricultural development organizations have been urged to strengthen their focus toward the sustainable development of the small-scale, resource poor farmer. A recent report from the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO, 1996) indicated that many small-scale farmers were not being reached by agricultural extension, although approximately 75% of the worlds' farmers are small-scale, resource poor farmers. The report suggested that in some instances agricultural extension services reported reaching one out of three farmers in Africa. In other areas such as the Near East, the report stated that one out of seven farmers had been reached by the extension services. This study investigated the small-scale, resource poor farmer's ongoing level of participation, rate of adoption of agricultural technology, and the sustainable benefits of the implemented projects within the documents of several international agricultural development organizations to determine if the farmers can positively impact the forecasted food shortage expected during the early part of the 21st Century. To accomplish this, the methodology utilized the Light and Pillemer (1984) method of exploratory literature review. The Light and Pillemer method provided the foundation for data collection as well as numerical and narrative document analysis. Data collection: Eleven key governmental and non-governmental international agricultural development organizations were contacted by the researcher and supplied the following types of documents: (1) unpublished completed projects reports, (2) unpublished annual reports, and (3) published news reports. A planned systematic investigation of the documents was carried out (Girden, 1996). Numerical and Narrative Document Analysis: Both numerical and narrative data were collected from the documents. The Light and Pillemer (1984) method was used to determine the level of overall project change in those documents which provided numerical or quantitative data. Meta ethnography and the QSR NUD.ist computer software (Qualitative Solutions and Research Pty. Ltd., 1996) were used to investigate themes and characteristics of the narrative data within the documents. The findings of the study were placed in matrices which provided a systematic examination of the characteristics of the implemented projects of 51 international agricultural development organizations located within 38 developing countries. The narrative document analysis indicated the participation of the smal-lscale, resource poor farmers. The characteristic indicators of farmer participation were farmer participation in: farmers groups, select groups, community development, and in capacity building methods such as training, leadership development, and planning and decision making. The findings of the study suggest that though many international agricultural development organizations claim that they are making some progress there remains a grave need for international agricultural research and extension to provide more documentation of project outcomes especially those outcome which are concerned with more than 75% of the worlds' farmers, the small-scale, resource poor farmer. For example, of the study’s 51 projects, only six reported small-scale, resource poor farmers participation percentage. Seven projects reported numerical data on before and after rate of adoption of the technology. Sixteen of the 51 projects reported numerical data on sustainable benefits of the project to the small-scale, resource poor farmer. Only one document reported data on both the adoption of technology and sustainable benefits to the small-scale, resource poor farmer. However, in light of the world impacting Plan of Actions (i.e. 1979 World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development held in Rome, Italy; 1991 Plan of Action for Peoples’ Participation report of the Twenty-sixth Session held in Rome, Italy; 1992 Agenda 21 document a product of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Brazil; and the 1996 Plan of Action for Global Partnership in Agricultural Research held in Washington, D.C.) all of the documents should have indicated this type of essential data, and should be striving for a development which would be both productive and sustainable to the farmer. The results of this study suggested that the impending need for improved global food production as we move into the 21st century through the more than one million small-scale, resource poor farmer participants within the projects of this study may not be met due to the low amount of evidence in the implemented project reports of adoption of the technology, and the inadequate reporting of benefits essential to the small-scale, resource poor farmer. / Ph. D.

Orientadores: Maria Beatriz Machado Bonacelli, Sergio Paulino Medeiros de Carvalho / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Geociencias / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-13T23:18:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fuck_MarcosPaulo_D.pdf: 1116203 bytes, checksum: 5e77ed950e7b05dc63d6c62eba2fec84 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: A tese trata dos arranjos institucionais e das formas de organização da pesquisa agrícola no Brasil e na Argentina. A análise é focada na forma de atuação da Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa), no caso brasileiro, e do Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuária (INTA), no caso argentino. Analisam-se as principais características da indústria sementeira e do mercado de sementes referentes às culturas de soja, milho e trigo, as três principais cultivadas nos dois países. No caso da soja, observou-se nos últimos anos um forte avanço na utilização de sementes geneticamente modificadas (GM). Porém, os dois países adotaram estratégias distintas em relação à introdução dessa nova tecnologia em seu território: a Argentina adotou uma política liberalizante, apostando nos transgênicos como forma de ampliação de sua competitividade agrícola; o Brasil adotou uma postura mais cautelosa, mas acabou por liberar o plantio da soja GM em função, entre outras coisas, da já expressiva utilização dessas sementes pelos produtores rurais (que adquiriram as sementes no mercado paralelo). Ações diferentes são observadas nos casos do milho e do trigo, pelas diferentes dinâmicas técnico-produtivas dos dois segmentos de mercado. Os mercados de sementes analisados na tese passam por grandes mudanças nos ambientes técnico-científico, institucional e legal, o que têm alterado os papéis desempenhados pelos setores público e privado no processo de pesquisa agrícola. Diferente do que ocorreu durante a Revolução Verde, o setor privado tem sido o protagonista principal dessa "nova fase" da pesquisa agrícola. Por outro lado, as Instituições Públicas de Pesquisa (IPPs) têm realizado esforços para acompanhar esses avanços e, em alguns casos, antecipar-se a eles. São discutidas na tese as principais questões que afetam as articulações público-privadas na pesquisa e na comercialização dessas culturas nos dois países, com destaque para as políticas de propriedade intelectual e de transferência de tecnologia adotadas pelas duas IPPs. Neste contexto, observa-se um processo de co-evolução das organizações considerando os contextos técnico-científico, legal, regulatório, econômico, dentre outros, em que estão inseridas - reforçando a idéia do aprendizado e que as instituições econômicas não apenas evoluem, mas co-evoluem. / Abstract: The thesis concerns the institutional arrangements and forms of organization of agricultural research in Brazil and Argentina. The analysis focuses on Embrapa (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária) in the Brazilian case and INTA (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria) in the Argentinian case. It analyze the main characteristics of the plant breeding industry and seed markets for the three main grains grown in both countries, that is soybeans, wheat and corn. In the case of soybeans, it was observed in recent years a significant progress in the use of genetically modified seeds (GM). However, both countries have adopted different strategies in relation to the introduction of this new technology: the Argentina implemented a liberalization policy, investing in transgenics as a way of increasing its agricultural competitiveness; Brazil adopted a more cautious, but finally liberate the planting of soybean GM depending on, among other things, the already significant use of these seeds by farmers (who purchased the seeds on the parallel market). Different actions are observed in the cases of corn and wheat due to different technical-productive dynamics of both market segments. The seed markets analyzed in the thesis go through major changes in the technical-scientific, institutional and legal environments. This situation has changed the roles performed by public and private sectors in the process of agricultural research. Unlike what took place during the Green Revolution, the private sector has been the main protagonist of this "new phase" in agricultural research. On the other hand, the Public Agricultural Research Institutes (IPPs) have made efforts to keep up with such advancements and, in certain cases, anticipate them. Are discussed in the thesis the main issues that affect the public-private linkages in research and commercialization of these crops in both countries, with emphasis on the policies regarding intellectual property and technology transfer adopted by the IPPs. In this context, there is a process of co-evolution of organizations considering the technical, scientific, legal, regulatory, economic, among others, contexts in which they operate, reinforcing the idea of learning and that economic institutions do not just evolve but co-evolve. / Doutorado / Doutor em Política Científica e Tecnológica

Orientador: Sergio Luis Monteiro Salles Filho / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Geociências / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T19:29:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Gianoni_Cecilia_D.pdf: 8215258 bytes, checksum: 16d377a83f5eb3f6d6e4fc4c36da6cdc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: A inserção dos Institutos Nacionais de Pesquisa Agropecuária no novo contexto de pesquisa, desenvolvimento e inovação impulsado pela transição da abordagem dos Sistemas Nacionais de Pesquisa Agrícola para a de Sistemas Nacionais de Inovação Agrícola nos países em desenvolvimento, constitui o tema central da tese. As mudanças em curso desde o início do século XXI nos ambientes tecnológico, político, institucional e organizacional afetaram significativamente a forma, o grau e a direção com que se organizam os Sistemas Nacionais de Inovação Agropecuária tornando-os cada vez mais complexos e dinâmicos alterando o papel dos Institutos Nacionais de Pesquisa Agropecuária (INPAs). Neste sentido, os Institutos vêm fazendo importantes esforços para consolidar e desenvolver capacidades de organização e gestão de pesquisa, desenvolvimento e inovação tendendo principalmente a uma maior articulação com os demais atores e à construção e implementação de mecanismos de gestão mais flexíveis. O presente trabalho motiva-se pela percepção de que há hoje um desajuste entre a forma como essas instituições se organizam e a evolução dos sistemas de inovação agropecuário. Percebe-se também que os mecanismos de monitoramento e avaliação de resultados e impactos que são empregados atualmente pelos Institutos para medir seu desempenho não conseguem medir sua participação relativa nos sistemas. Desta forma, o presente trabalho tem o objetivo de propor um quadro analítico capaz de avaliar a inserção e participação dos INPAs nos Sistemas Nacionais de Inovação Agropecuária. Este quadro divide-se em quatro níveis de análise: o primeiro sobre a participação dos INPAs na base de conhecimento, tecnológica e produtiva do sistema de inovação; o segundo sobre sua articulação com os demais atores e redes envolvidos nos processos de inovação do setor; o terceiro sobre seu envolvimento na definição de políticas e marcos regulatórios; e finalmente, o quarto nível integra os anteriores e foca os modelos gerenciais dos INPAs para lidar com os Sistemas de Inovação. O quadro proposto é confrontado com os casos da Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária do Brasil (EMBRAPA) e do Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agropecuária do Uruguai (INIA). A conclusão fundamental derivada do trabalho é de que conquanto constatem-se mudanças organizacionais em ambos Institutos na direção de um envolvimento mais integrado nos Sistemas de Inovação, eles não monitoram sua importância relativa nos indicadores mais críticos, tais como participação na produção das tecnologias em uso, no envolvimento com outros atores, na influência sobre a formulação de políticas, entre outros / Abstract: The changing role of National Agricultural Research Institutes (NARIs) in the new research, development and innovation context, driven by the transition from the approach of National Agricultural Research Systems to National Agricultural Innovation Systems in developing countries, is the main theme of the thesis. Ongoing changes since the beginning of XXI century in the technological, political, institutional and organizational fields, significantly influenced the way, degree and direction of how National Agricultural Innovation Systems organize making them increasingly complex and dynamic and changing the role of the NARIs. In this sense, such Institutes have been making great efforts to consolidate and develop organizational and research, development and innovation management skills, tending mainly, to a greater coordination with the other actors and the construction and implementation of more flexible management mechanisms. This work is motivated by the perception that there is actually a mismatch between the way these institutions organize and the evolution of agricultural innovation systems. It is also perceived that the mechanisms for monitoring and evaluation of results and impacts, currently used by the Institutes to measure their performances, are unable to measure their relative participation in the systems. Therefore, it is this paper objective to propose an analytical framework able to assess the role and the participation of NARIs in National Agricultural Innovation Systems. The framework is divided into four levels of analysis: the first one, on NARIs participation in the knowledge, technological and production innovation system base; the second one, on its relationship with the other actors and networks involved in the sector innovation processes; the third one, on their participation in the definition of policies and regulatory frameworks; and finally, the fourth level integrates the other levels and focuses on NARIs management models to deal with Innovation Systems. The proposed analytical framework is confronted with cases from the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA) and the National Agricultural Research Institute of Uruguay (INIA). The main conclusion of the thesis is that although organizational changes towards a more integrated participation in the innovation systems are observed in both institutes, they still do not monitor their relative importance in the most critical indicators such as participation in production of technologies in use, bonding with other actors and influence in policy making, among others / Doutorado / Politica Cientifica e Tecnologica / Doutora em Política Científica e Tecnológica

Submitted by Tatiana Lima (tatianasl@ufba.br) on 2015-04-13T18:18:29Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Ramos, Pedro Canna Brazil.pdf: 369608 bytes, checksum: 1199c2a7d8c1e710dc516250c8643990 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Tatiana Lima (tatianasl@ufba.br) on 2015-05-05T19:38:59Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Ramos, Pedro Canna Brazil.pdf: 369608 bytes, checksum: 1199c2a7d8c1e710dc516250c8643990 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-05T19:38:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ramos, Pedro Canna Brazil.pdf: 369608 bytes, checksum: 1199c2a7d8c1e710dc516250c8643990 (MD5) / A pesquisa, do tipo pesquisa documental, visou identificar os fatores afetam o desempenho de projetos de pesquisa e inovação agropecuária realizados em instituições públicas de pesquisa. Para tanto, selecionou-se uma amostra de 40 projetos de pesquisa da Embrapa Mandioca de Fruticultura, concluídos no período compreendido entre 2005 e 2012. Tendo como variáveis dependentes: número de tecnologias geradas, número de artigos publicados e impacto dos artigos publicados na comunidade científica, e como variáveis independentes: heterogeneidade dos recursos, parcerias redes e alianças e reputação da equipe do projeto, a pesquisa realizou análises estatísticas descritivas e inferenciais visando estabelecer a identificação proposta. Foi utilizado o sistema STATA 8.0 e os modelos de Poisson e MQO para obtenção dos resultados. Como resultado, a pesquisa verificou que equipes heterogêneas e a formação de parcerias, redes e alianças influenciam positivamente no número de tecnologias geradas pelos projetos de pesquisa. Revelou que quanto mais “bolsistas de produtividade na equipe do projeto” menor é o número de tecnologias geradas. Evidenciou também, que para a variável “número de artigos gerados”, quanto mais homogênea é a equipe e quanto maior o número de pesquisadores envolvidos no projeto, maior é o número de artigos científicos publicados. Por fim, identificou que as redes e alianças e a maior reputação dos pesquisadores da equipe do projeto não têm influenciado no número de artigos publicados. Outros resultados importantes também foram encontrados, baseados em observações de variáveis de controle. The research, the type documentary research, aimed to identify the factors affecting the performance of research projects and agricultural innovation carried out in public research institutions. To this end, we selected a sample of 40 research projects of Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura, completed in the period between 2005 and 2012. Having as dependent variables the number of technologies generated, number of papers published and impact of the papers in the scientific community, and how independent heterogeneity of resources, partnerships and alliances networks and reputation of the project team, research conducted descriptive and inferential statistical analyzes to establish identifying proposal. System was used STATA 8.0 and the Poisson and MQO models to obtain the results. As a result the research found that diverse teams and partnerships, networks and alliances have a positive influence on the number of technologies generated by research projects. Revealed that the more "Bolsista Produtividade on the project team" is the smallest number of technologies generated. Also showed that for the variable "number of items generated," the more homogeneous is the staff and the greater the number of researchers involved in the project, the greater the number of published papers. Finally, we identified networks and alliances and greater reputation of the researchers of the project team does not have influenced the number of papers published. Other important results were also found, based on observations of control variables.

Organisation knowledge attrition continues to gain attention due to the increasing mobility of organisational employees. Employees leave organisations due to retirement, resignation in search for better employment opportunities, termination of employment contracts, indisposition, unofficially leaving employment, and death. When they leave organisations, they take with them tacit knowledge. Attrition of tacit knowledge leads to loss of intellectual assets and erosion of organisational memory which negatively affect learning and innovation. The knowledge can be subject matter expertise, organisational memory of why certain decisions were made, experience of past research and development projects and the social network in terms of from whom they sought out for answers or collaborated with in executing their tasks. Knowledge attrition is common in many organisations in different sectors. The literature does not show any framework that addresses knowledge attrition right from the time an employee is recruited into an organisation to when he or she leaves it. The purpose of this study was to develop an integrated knowledge retention framework for minimising organisational knowledge attrition. This was achieved by investigating how loss of organisational tacit knowledge can be minimised. The research adopted a single case study design with a concurrent parallel mixed methods research strategy informed by pragmatic philosophical assumptions. It was conducted in Uganda in a large national agricultural research organisation. Data was collected from 36 focus group discussions involving 161 participants, review of organisational documents, 35 interviews, 205 online surveys and a validation workshop by 16 top managers. The main contribution of this research is the novel framework for knowledge retention that comprehensively addresses knowledge attrition from an organisation. The framework comprises two categories of components. The first is the organisational behavioural components comprising knowledge sharing, capturing and documenting knowledge, and knowledge exploitation. This category constitutes the core components of the knowledge retention strategy. The second category is the organisational environmental components. It comprises creating organisational learning environment, having knowledge-oriented governance and leadership, providing necessary capacities and conditions, and providing strategic guidance - planning for knowledge retention. Environmental components have moderating effects on the behavioural components. In addition, it has contributed to the theoretical existing body of knowledge from the framework that was developed. This complements the reviewed literature which uncovered three conceptual categorisations of the knowledge retention strategies based on the timing of capturing knowledge from an individual. The three categories are: Reactive (short-term), Containment (medium-term) and Preventive (long-term) knowledge retention strategies. Although the concept of knowledge retention is not new, this research has contributed to the existing body of literature. Additionally, the study provides a deeper understanding of knowledge retention and opens new research areas. Perhaps this is the first study of its kind in the agricultural sector specifically focussing on agricultural research.

Orientador: André Tosi Furtado / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Geociências / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-18T10:18:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Bambini_MarthaDelphino_M.pdf: 1993106 bytes, checksum: 77d75e74da730c87d9f553a2c5a913ad (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: O objetivo deste trabalho é promover um estudo descritivo e analítico do processo de geração de inovações e criação de conhecimento em rede envolvendo a interação de competências, conhecimentos e recursos de atores heterogêneos como instituições públicas de pesquisa, universidades, empresas privadas, órgãos governamentais e indivíduos. Esta pesquisa, de caráter qualitativo, foi desenvolvida por intermédio de um estudo de caso que teve por unidade de análise a rede mobilizada pelo Sistema de Monitoramento Agrometeorológico - Agritempo, um sistema de base web que disponibiliza gratuitamente via Internet informações meteorológicas e agrometeorológicas com cobertura nacional. O Agritempo, desenvolvido principalmente pela Embrapa Informática Agropecuária e pelo Centro de Pesquisas Meteorológicas e Climáticas Aplicadas à Agricultura - Cepagri, vinculado à Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Unicamp, mobiliza uma rede colaborativa de cerca de 40 instituições envolvendo o intercâmbio de dados meteorológicos, ações de pesquisa em agrometeorologia, geração de novas tecnologias como módulos e funcionalidades do sistema e disponibilização de informações como estudos e publicações científicas e os mapas das recomendações do Zoneamento Agrícola de Riscos Climáticos por estado, cultura e tipo de solo. Destaca-se a importância da utilização de múltiplas fontes de dados e de modernas tecnologias de informação e comunicação para o desenvolvimento de ações em meteorologia e agrometeorologia como atividades de previsão numérica do tempo e a geração de produtos agrometeorológicos. Dentre os principais resultados deste trabalho estão o mapeamento da rede mobilizada e o estudo de sua dinâmica por intermédio do conceito de Rede Tecno-Econômica (CALLON, 1991;1992). Este estudo revelou a formação de um arranjo convergente que contempla um pólo científico bastante desenvolvido, interagindo fortemente com o pólo tecnológico e pólo mercado desta rede. Várias formas de coordenação são empregadas nesta rede como relações de confiança, ações de liderança institucional e individual e estruturas institucionais da Embrapa, permitindo a criação de um contexto favorável para a circulação de dados, informações e conhecimentos (tácitos e codificados) entre os parceiros e contribuindo para a geração de inovações e com a criação de novos conhecimentos no campo da agrometeorologia / Abstract: The objective of this dissertation is to promote a descriptive and analytical study of the process of innovation generation and knowledge creation occurring in a heterogeneous network involving the exchange of skills, knowledge and resources of various actors such as public research institutions, universities, private companies, government agencies and individuals. This research, of qualitative nature, was conducted through a case study that had the network mobilized by the Agrometeorological Monitoring System - Agritempo as a unit of analysis. Agritempo is a web-based system that provides weather information covering Brazilian territory freely on the Internet. Agritempo was mainly developed by Embrapa Informática Agropecuária and Centro de Pesquisas Meteorológicas e Climáticas Aplicadas à Agricultura - Cepagri of the Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Unicamp, and mobilizes a collaborative network of 40 organizations that exchange meteorological data, promote research initiatives in Agrometeorology, generate new technologies such as the system's modules and functionalities, and scientific publications. The system also indicates the recommendations of the Climate Risk Agricultural Zoning by state, crop and soil type. This research highlights the importance of using multiple data sources and modern information and communication technologies to develop activities in Meteorology and Agrometeorology domains such as numerical weather prediction and generation of agrometeorological products. Among the main results of this work are the mapping of the network mobilized and the study of its dynamics through the concept of Techno-Economic Network (CALLON, 1991;1992). This study revealed a convergent arrangement which includes a highly developed scientific pole - interacting strongly with the technological pole and market pole of this network. Various forms of coordination are employed in this network such as confidence relationships, institutional and individual leadership and Embrapa's institutional structures, allowing the creation of an environment that favors the circulation of data, information and knowledge (tacit and codified) among the actors, contributing to innovation generation and to the creation of new knowledge in the agrometeorological field / Mestrado / Mestre em Política Científica e Tecnológica

Orientador: Sergio Luiz Monteiro Salles Filho / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Geociencias / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-11T22:04:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Pedro_EdilsondaSilva_D.pdf: 4051339 bytes, checksum: d09b246c6421ec992188b778a4af5802 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Resumo: O propósito deste estudo de tese é identificar melhores estratégias institucionais de governança e coordenação para organizar a Pesquisa em Melhoramento Genético de Cana-de-açúcar. Para este fim, conceitualmente foram utilizadas as abordagens evolucionistas visando sintetizar um marco analítico com foco direcionado à questão da governança em sistemas setoriais de inovação ligados a agricultura. A estratégia de pesquisa exploratória foi empregada como metodologia para precisar o problema e compreender seus elementos e relações relevantes. Também foram aplicadas ferramentas de prospectiva estratégica para analisar cenários e incertezas críticas. A partir destas definições e recursos, a pesquisa identificou as forças, fraquezas, oportunidades e ameaças e, sobretudo, as falhas de coordenação nas dimensões atores, base de conhecimento e marcos regulatórios. Estes elementos subsidiaram a composição e análise das incertezas críticas e trajetórias institucionais estratégicas na projeção de cenários alternativos. Como resultado, o estudo aponta inovações institucionais que podem apoiar o desenvolvimento e organização da coordenação da PD&I, baseando-se em diretrizes de aumento de coerência sistêmica - tais como gestão dos processos decisórios, compartilhamento de objetivos e recursos. Entendese que este estudo setorial apresenta uma plataforma importante para desenhar políticas e estratégias institucionais mais robustas para a organização da pesquisa enfrentar as transformações no padrão produtivo da agricultura e agroindústria nos próximos 10 anos. / Abstract: The purpose of this study is to identify better governance institutional strategies and coordination of Research in Sugar Cane Genetic Improvement. Therefore, evolutional approaches were used to synthesize an analytical mark focusing on governance question in sectorial systems of innovation connected to agriculture. The strategy of exploratory research was used as a methodology to define the problem, understand its elements, and relevant relations. Strategic prospecting tools were applied to analyze scenarios and critical uncertainnesses. From these definitions and resources, the research identified strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, and above all, coordination failures in dimensions as such actors, knowledge base, and regulatory marks. And these elements supported the composition and analysis of critical uncertainnesses and strategic institutional trajectories in alternative scenario projections. As a result, the study indicates institutional innovations which can support the development and organization of RD&I coordination according to the directions of systemic coherence increasing - as such management of decision processes, sharing of goals and resources. It is understood that this sectorial study presents an important platform to design more powerful institutional politics and strategies so that the organizational research can face agricultural and agroindustrial productive patter transformations in the next ten years. / Doutorado / Doutor em Política Científica e Tecnológica