As the process of globalization intensifies, the demand for agri-food products is growing and much technical progress is needed. In the process of manufacturing agri-food products, a special role is played by the knowledge transfer market. At the same time, its functionality is given by the size, quality, and structure of the main components: supply and demand of information and knowledge, linkages between the two components. Linkage vectors between the two components coordinate the process of knowledge and information transferfrom the producers (research entities, universities, and the business sector) to the beneficiaries (the agricultural producers). The chapter captures the evolution of these actors involved in the knowledge transfer market of the Romanian agriculture.
TopThe Scientific Knowledge Market For Agriculture
The market of scientific knowledge for Romanian agriculture is an important component of the general market. The market of scientific knowledge is a part of the classic configuration, placed it on the face, on the one hand, two established actors (research, as a producer of information and knowledges, and agricultural producers, as recipients/ beneficiaries of the results from the research activities) and, on the other hand, the vectors for linking the both actor mentioned, in a way the mean for communication between them, as follows:
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Information and knowledge producers, which have a unanimous and quasi-determinant role in the current stage, these being represented by research institutes and research centers as well as agronomic and veterinary universities, the business environment and various NGOs which have as their main object of interest the scientific research that have as result producing of information and knowledges.
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The scheme of the vectors which assure of the link between supply and demand for information and knowledge
Consumers or beneficiaries of information and knowledge are represented by landowners, agricultural holdings - indifferent of their age, school education, organization and / or farm profile of the farmer, etc.
The vectors of the links between information and knowledge producers and consumers of them and / or beneficiaries of information and knowledges which are the “channels” through which information and knowledges circulate from producers to consumers, and them are represented by: educational environment, consultancy, extension, mass -media, etc.
In the knowledge transfer market of agriculture, forestry and food industry the demand for information and knowledgea is determined by a number of factors, among which a significant role is played by the following: