alternative approaches , concepts and frameworks , prior to try to influence major research centers . ... and is based on the authors ' understanding of the basic problem affecting research and extension initiatives in Latin America .

... improving the response to environmental and social problems, and enhancing institutional models and concepts. ... public institutions to private firms in search of better remuneration; (iii) the problem of administrative hypertrophy ...

As a result of the conceptual framework developed by IICA , wherein agricultural modernization is set forth as a key element of economic reactivation , including the goals of competitiveness , equity and sustainability ( highlighted at ...