%0 Journal Article %T INTEGRATING LOCAL KNOWLEDGE AND LOCAL INNOVATION WITH DEVELOPMENT POLICIES FOR A SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE %A Mircea Grigora£¿ %J Journal of Central European Agriculture %D 2009 %I Journal of Central European Agriculture %X This article aims to underline the necessity to integrate local knowledge into the development policies in the fi eld of sustainable agriculture. The basic idea is that we need to apply our local knowledge to the fundamental redesign of our technologies and systems in order to be able to bridge the current gap between research and local economy. %K development policies %K local knowledge %K local innovation %U http://jcea.agr.hr/articles/588_INTEGRATING_LOCAL_KNOWLEDGE_AND_LOCAL_INNOVATION_WITH_DEVELOPMENT_POLICIES_FOR_A_SUSTAINABLE_AGRICULTURE_en.pdf