?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=304-13&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7010%2F&rft.title=BHOOCHETANA%3A+Innovative+Institutional+Partnerships+to+Boost%0D%0AProductivity+of+Rainfed+Agriculture+in+Karnataka%2C+India+(Research+Report+No.+59)&rft.creator=Raju%2C+K+V&rft.creator=Wani%2C+S+P&rft.creator=Anantha%2C+K+H&rft.subject=Agriculture&rft.subject=Bhoochetana&rft.subject=Karnataka&rft.subject=Watershed+Management&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=Although+there+has+been+a+considerable+development+in+public-private+partnership+in+developing%0D%0Acountries%2C+there+are+very+few+examples+of+multi-institutional+partnership+for+transferring+agricultural%0D%0Atechnologies+to+smallholders.+This+paper+discusses+the+example+of+innovative+partnership+in%0D%0AKarnataka%2C+where+the+consortium+of+state+and+non-state+actors+helping+to+transform+subsistence%0D%0Adryland+agriculture+into+a+sustainable+business+model+through+promoting+pro-poor+agricultural%0D%0Atechnologies+for+bridging+the+yield+gaps.+The+paper+demonstrated+the+usefulness+of+the+partnership%0D%0Aconcept+in+guiding+investments+to+support+the+development+of+agricultural+technology+and+helping%0D%0Ato+halve+the+poverty.+It+also+shows+effective+convergence+of+funds+and+various+schemes+of+federal%0D%0Aand+state+governments+besides+utilizing+semi-skilled+manpower+as+local+extension+agents.+The+paper%0D%0Aconcludes+that+with+a+strong+partnership+between+global+scientific+organizations+and+state+and+nonstate%0D%0Aactors+can+offer+a+route+to+equitable+growth+in+developing+countries.+This+approach+has+enabled%0D%0Ascale-up+of+this+program+to+neighboring+two+states+of+South+India.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=2013&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F7010%2F1%2F2013-304-RDS-Report-59.pdf&rft.identifier=++Raju%2C+K+V+and+Wani%2C+S+P+and+Anantha%2C+K+H++(2013)+BHOOCHETANA%3A+Innovative+Institutional+Partnerships+to+Boost+Productivity+of+Rainfed+Agriculture+in+Karnataka%2C+India+(Research+Report+No.+59).++Monograph.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+Patancheru%2C+Andhra+Pradesh.+++++&rft.relation=304-13