The New Harvest Book Study Vol 5 - Pts 1 & 2 Reforming Innovation and Enabling Infrastructure

The New Harvest Book Study Vol 5 - Pts 1 & 2 Reforming Innovation and Enabling Infrastructure - In the first hour we contine our detailed analysis of how "innovation systems" in African agricultural economics continue to develop. Numerous examples of new partnerships are examined in China, other countries and within Africa nations. Key are partnerships involving universities, governments, NGO's and private industry. China's dramatic reforms from 1980 to 2009 are a key example of how to get it right. Second, we enter into key areas such as transportation, electrification and irrigation to now focus on the specific areas of technical innovation which will bring the biggest, sometimes stunning, rates of return on investment. The fields identified today are the critical areas of education and investment which will give us an inside connection to the world's largest agricultural production system in 15 years IF we act today on what we have as serious intelligence resource. (LIBMP3-3259E)