CGIAR News - September 1999

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Table of Contents

• Letter from China : "QP" Maize Transforms Lives
• African Women Adopt New Peas to Fight Hunger
• New TAC Chair Appointed
• Delivering on the Promise of Agroforestry
• Future Harvest: Fish Farming Fastest Growing Field
• Urban Farmers Hold Piece of World Food Puzzle
• New Leadership in Gender Program
• Traditional Wisdom Helps Stem African Desertification
• TIME Magazine Honors Dr. Swaminathan
• ICW99: Reducing Poverty through Cutting-edge Science
• CGIAR and NAS Convene Biotechnology Conference
• Announcements