Agricultural Research
at the Crossroads
Revisited Resource-poor Farmers and the Millennium Development
Goals
Editors:
Bo M.I. Bengtsson
ISBN 978-1-57808-514-9; May 2007; 350 pages, hc; US $ 59.50
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It is necessary to integrate field data relevant to policy with a global overview
with up-to-date information for synthesis into scenarios and a vision of how
future research and development in agriculture can best help those who are most
needy and have little access to productive resources. The overall task is a
huge challenge for policy-makers and the agricultural research establishment.
It is also of concern in teaching agricultural students to be able to respond
to future challenges. This publication is an attempt to stimulate discussion
on future options of research policy, suggesting changes of agricultural R&D
for societal development in accordance with the Millennium Development Goals.
Contents:-
. Global Agriculture and Revisited Resource-poor Farmers
. Agricultural Development towards Modernization
. Process of Adoption of Agricultural Innovations, Changes of Cultural
Practices and Technical
. Change among Revisited Resource-poor Farmers over almost Four Decades
. Global Trends -Threats or Challenges to Future Food Security and Food
Safety
. Globalization and Agribusiness
. Global Food Supply
. The Challenge
. Towards an Agricultural Vision
. Agricultural Technology and Trends in Agricultural Research
. Agricultural Research at the Crossroads -Reflections on Future R&D
. International Agricultural Research through the Consultative Group
on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the International Centre
of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE)
. Some Issues in University Teaching and Future Role of Agricultural
Universities
. Development Assistance and Science Aid to Agricultural R&D
. Annexes
. Glossary
. Acronyms and Abbreviations
. The Millennium Development Goals
. Major International Conferences and Conventions of Relevance to Poverty
Eradication and Agriculture
. Some Highlights of Impact, Research and Policy Orientation by CGIAR
Institutes and ICIPE in the Mid-1970s and the Early 2000s
. References
