Getting African agriculture moving, is
the most complex, demanding task facing policymakers,
agricultural scientists, and donors over the coming
twenty-five years. This...
Type: Issues in AgricultureReport#: 23043Date: September 30, 1999Author:
Eicher,Carl K.
The overarching goals of today's
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
(CGIAR) feature poor people and stress the efficient pursuit
of three related...
Type: Issues in AgricultureReport#: 23536Date: December 31, 1998Author:
Winkelmann, Donald L.
The world faces increasing poverty and
more than 800 million remain undernourished, despite all of
the technological advances of this century, including the
green revolution....
Type: Issues in AgricultureReport#: 17697Date: October 31, 1997Author:
Frison, Emile A. ;
Collins, Wanda W. ;
Sharrock, Suz
At the World Food Summit conducted by
the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
and held from November 13-17, 1996, world leaders confirmed
the need...
Type: Issues in AgricultureReport#: 17696Date: March 31, 1997Author:
Fresco, Louise O. ;
Rabbinge, Rudy
Since "sustainable
development" became the catchword in international
discussions, several approaches to sustainability assessment
have been developed. This paper helps...
Type: Issues in AgricultureReport#: 17695Date: February 28, 1997Author:
Becker, Barbara
The world's population is expected
to double by the year 2050. This will require at least a
doubling of food production to meet the needs of rapidly
growing global population,...
Type: Issues in AgricultureReport#: 17693Date: December 31, 1996Author:
James, Clive
The author believes that water is one of
the major global issues of the twenty-first century. Much
of the social and political instability is due to conflicts
over...
Type: Issues in AgricultureReport#: 17692Date: April 30, 1996Author:
Seckler, David
The mission of the Consultative Group on
International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), with its
seventeen international agricultural research centers, is to
improve the...
Type: Issues in AgricultureReport#: 17691Date: July 31, 1994Author:
Collinson, M. P. ;
Tollens, E.
Better germplasm is the fastest and
least expensive input for increasing crop plant
productivity. The demands for increased food productivity
mean that the ability of...
Type: Issues in AgricultureReport#: 17662Date: October 31, 1992Author:
Wilkes, Garrison
The rise of biotechnology, the
privatization of agricultural research, and the tightening
of national and international legislation that protects
intellectual property...
Type: Issues in AgricultureReport#: 17661Date: April 30, 1992Author:
Barton, John H. ;
Siebeck, Wolfgang E.
What factors contributed to adoption of
a gender perspective among those centers that have done so
successfully? Why have the other International Agricultural
Research...
Type: Issues in AgricultureReport#: 17660Date: December 31, 1991Author:
Poats, Susan V.
This booklet describes the efforts of
nearly a thousand agricultural scientists working to sustain
food production in developing countries. It was
commissioned by the...
Type: Issues in AgricultureReport#: 17659Date: October 31, 1991Author:
Walsh, John
For most of the history of man,
agricultural production was low and unstable, leading to
poor crops in some years and sometimes resulting in crop
failures in some places....
Type: Issues in AgricultureReport#: 17658Date: May 31, 1991Author:
Plucknett,Donald L.
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