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University-Industry Linkages in Agriculture: The Case of Palestine

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SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
卷 28, 期 2, 页码 278-296

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SAGE PUBLICATIONS INDIA PVT LTD
DOI: 10.1177/09717218221075139

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University-industry linkages; agriculture; innovation; resilience; Palestine; COVID-19

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This research explores the potential synergies between industry and university in Palestine to enhance the resilience of the agriculture sector. The study finds a lack of confidence among farmers in agriculture research, poor communication, and misalignment of purpose. It suggests that universities should include industry linkages in their mission and provide novel evidence-based research to meet farmers' needs. Furthermore, farmers and agribusinesses should take initiative in communicating their problems and seeking innovation to improve collaboration and create a healthier agriculture sector.
The usual crisis mode of economic operations in Palestine intersects with the adverse consequences of COVID-19 and necessitates an innovative response to survive. This research builds on potential synergies between industry and university to expand the Palestinian agriculture sector resilience. We report on an explorative study that sought to understand the reality of the university-industry linkages (UILs) by considering information and experience gathered from 29 interviews in January 2020 and April 2021. Interviewees represent five key actor groups: farmers and agribusinesses, private institutions, universities, the Ministry of Agriculture, and NGOs. Content analysis revealed a nascent collaboration scope and uncovered the lack of a confident attitude among farmers towards agriculture research efforts, the poor communication performance, and misalignment of purpose. University actors need to encompass the UILs in their mission and touch farmers' needs by providing novelty evidence research. Yet, farmers and agribusinesses may take the initiative to communicate their problems and search for renovation. We developed a framework of underpinnings to enhance collaboration and a healthier agriculture sector. We suggest activating the cooperatives and diversifying farmers' income as deemed more resilient to face the pandemic.

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