NEW METHODS AND INNOVATION IN RURAL SECTOR
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN RURAL SECTORS Various new technologies has been developed to improve the rural sector. articles on both innovations in rural regions and general articles on technology and innovation, including an article from the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) by McDevitt et al. that discusses the value of technology transfer for universities beyond money. The five papers in this special issue of Technology and Innovation dealing with innovations in rural regions include an editorial, an analysis of the value of networks for European organic farmers and conventional farmers, the use of technology to demonstrate the impact of rural health care organizations, precision agriculture in the Northern Great Plains, and how modern communications technologies are changing communities in Northeast India. RURAL INNOVATION Not just about fancy tractors In her introductory editorial, Kumi Nagamoto-Combs, assistant professor in the Department of Basi...