@article{Birner:211345,
      recid = {211345},
      author = {Birner, Regina and Anderson, Jock R.},
      title = {Strengthening Agricultural Governance in an Interconnected  World},
      address = {2015},
      number = {1008-2016-80009},
      pages = {8},
      year = {2015},
      abstract = {Governance problems are a major challenge to agricultural  development in lowincome
countries. Market failures caused  by problems such as information
asymmetries and  externalities are widespread, and government agencies set  up to
address these problems are prone to governance  challenges, such as political capture,
corruption and staff  absenteeism. Recent governance reforms have potential  to
address these problems, but attention to governance in  the agricultural sector has
been limited. The panelists  will discuss governance reforms in the areas  of
agricultural research and extension; agricultural input  supply; agricultural output
markets; land administration;  and agricultural regulation. The panel will also deal
with  the role of decentralization and community-driven  development as a strategy to
improve agricultural  governance. The panelists will also discuss questions, such  as:
What have been particularly interesting cases of  success and failure? What roles have
information and  communication technologies played in improving governance  in the
different areas? Which innovative research  approaches have been applied to assess
the impact of such  governance reforms? Where are the knowledge gaps and  the
opportunities for future research? The audience will  participate in the symposium
through discussion  contributions and through “digi-voting”, e.g., on the  relevance of
different governance problems and on research  gaps and priorities.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/211345},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.211345},
}