Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
U.S. Participation in International Agricultural Research
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The Crucial Role of International Agricultural Research
Author: E. T. YorkPublisher:
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Category : Agricultural productivity
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Agricultural Research in Africa
Author: Lynam, JohnPublisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN: 0896292126
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
This book—prepared by Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI), which is led by IFPRI—offers a comprehensive perspective on the evolution, current status, and future goals of agricultural research and development in Africa, including analyses of the complex underlying issues and challenges involved, as well as insights into how they might be overcome. Agriculture in Africa south of the Sahara is at a prospective tipping point. Growth has accelerated in the past decade, but is unsustainable given increasing use of finite resources. The yield gap in African agriculture is significant, and scenarios on feeding the world’s population into the future highlight the need for Africa to expand its agricultural production. Agricultural Research in Africa: Investing in Future Harvests discusses the need to shift to a growth path based on increased productivity—as in the rest of the developing world— which is essential if Africa is to increase rural incomes and compete in both domestic and international markets. Such a shift ultimately requires building on evolving improvements that collectively translate to deepening rural innovation capacity.
Agricultural extension: Global status and performance in selected countries
Author: Davis, Kristin E., ed.Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN: 0896293750
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Agricultural transformation and development are critical to the livelihoods of more than a billion small-scale farmers and other rural people in developing countries. Extension and advisory services play an important role in such transformation and can assist farmers with advice and information, brokering and facilitating innovations and relationships, and dealing with risks and disasters. Agricultural Extension: Global Status and Performance in Selected Countries provides a global overview of agricultural extension and advisory services, assesses and compares extension systems at the national and regional levels, examines the performance of extension approaches in a selected set of country cases, and shares lessons and policy insights. Drawing on both primary and secondary data, the book contributes to the literature on extension by applying a common and comprehensive framework — the “best-fit” approach — to assessments of extension systems, which allows for comparison across cases and geographies. Insights from the research support reforms — in governance, capacity, management, and advisory methods — to improve outcomes, enhance financial sustainability, and achieve greater scale. Agricultural Extension should be a valuable resource for policymakers, extension practitioners, and others concerned with agricultural development.
International Agricultural Development
Author: Carl K. EicherPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801858796
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Other topics include market failures, food insecurity, rural poverty, environmental degradation, income and asset inequality, fiscally sustainable organizations, the changing roles of the public and private sector in research, input delivery systems, marketing and low rates of agricultural growth in much of sub-Saharan Africa.
U.S. Participation in the UN
Author: United States. PresidentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Atlas of African agriculture research and development
Author: Sebastian, KatePublisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN: 0896298469
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
The Atlas of African Agriculture Research & Development is a multifaceted resource that highlights the ubiquitous nature of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the many factors shaping the location, nature, and performance of agricultural enterprises; and the strong interdependencies among farming, natural resource stocks and flows, rural infrastructure, and the well-being of the poor.
Agricultural Research and Development, Special Oversight Hearings, Part II
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and TechnologyPublisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1168
Book Description
Summaries of Conclusions and Recommendations on the Operations of Civil Departments and Agencies
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
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Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Food Bibliography
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Reference to U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) documents related to food, nutrition, or agriculture, and released in various years as stated. Intended for in-depth research or general browsing. Arranged according to accession numbers. Each entry gives such information as title, author, agencies concerned, GAO contact, Congressional relevance, and lengthy abstract. Subject, agency/organization, and Congressional indexes.