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Patterns of Structural Transformation and Agricultural Productivity Growth
The findings of this study were first presented at the conference on “Policy Options and Investment priorities for Accelerating Agricultural Productivity Growth”, organized jointly by the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research and Institute for Human Development in collaboration with the Planning Commission of India, Food & Agriculture Organization and World Bank, in New Delhi […]
The original mission of the CGIAR was a strategic, science-based focus on increasing ” the pile of rice on the plates of food-short consumers, ” as characterized by a former chairman. It was to use the best science in advanced countries to develop technologies for the benefit of food deficit countries and populations. But a […]
International agricultural research, technology generation, transfer, adoption and impact (IARTGTAI) constitute components of a system that has evolved from a relatively simple structure in the 1960s to a complex network in the late 1990s. Its functioning is of great international interest. Despite major successes on the food front, there are still 850 million people who […]
Private investment in agricultural biotechnology research by seed companies is increasingly rapidly. The privatization of intellectual property, and the associated emergence of the private sector as the major force in agricultural technology generation, is beginning to have a profound impact on farmers and researchers in industrial and developing countries. The report looks at intellectual property […]
In the last few years there has been increasing interest in establishing competitive grants programs in agricultural research in developing countries. In donor funded projects, these programs are often seen as a complement to the ongoing research programs, undertaken through regular long term research funding, but which often pose the risk of being viewed as […]
Aid to African Agriculture: Lessons from Two Decades of Donors’ Experience
The book opens with an overview of the broad trends in donor assistance to the six countries under investigation and an analysis of country performance based on data from the records of governments and donors. Discussions are organized around several topics: 1) the policies donors adopted toward promoting agriculture; 2) how recipients ‘ perceptions of […]
Pursuit of Sustainable Development: Global Debates and Local Agricultural Mgmt Systems in Africa
Concerns about sustainability have acquired center stage in the debate on economic development. Depending on the precise nature of the concern, sustainability issues are typically discussed either at the local or the global level. Yet interrelationships between global, national and local levels help define the problem more accurately and to identify solutions with regard to […]
