Agricultural research at the crossroads
Bengtsson, Bo.
Agricultural research at the crossroads revisited resource-poor farmers and the millennium development goals / [electronic resource] : Bo M.I. Bengtsson. - Enfield, N.H. : Science Publishers, c2007. - ix, 339 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [318]-332) and index.
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 development assistance in perspective : another problem area of trend setting.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781439843246 (ebook : PDF)
Agriculture--Research.
Electronic books.
Agricultural research at the crossroads revisited resource-poor farmers and the millennium development goals / [electronic resource] : Bo M.I. Bengtsson. - Enfield, N.H. : Science Publishers, c2007. - ix, 339 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [318]-332) and index.
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 development assistance in perspective : another problem area of trend setting.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781439843246 (ebook : PDF)
Agriculture--Research.
Electronic books.