Newsletter from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

February 1994

Inside this Issue:

• World Bank Holds Conference on Overcoming Global Hunger

• Ismail Serageldin Assumes Leadership of the CGIAR

• CGIAR Discusses Financial Constraints at Annual Meeting

• Mexican Potato Growers Cut Pesticide Sprays 75 Percent

• International Experts Debate Patents and Biodiversity Issues

• FAO: Continuing the Dialogue on Plant Genetic Resources

• Environmentally Friendly Farming the Focus of Symposium

• Leadership of FAO Changes Hands