Crop Improvement, Adoption and Impact of Improved Varieties in Food Crops in Sub-Saharan Africa
Crop Improvement, Adoption and Impact of Improved Varieties in Food Crops in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author: Thomas S. Walker

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2015-10-26

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 1780644019

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Following on from the CGIAR study by Evenson and Gollin (published by CABI in 2003), this volume provides up-to-date estimates of adoption outcomes and productivity impacts of crop variety improvement research in sub-Saharan Africa. The book reports on the results of the DIIVA Project that focussed on the varietal generation, adoption and impact for 20 food crops in 30 countries. It also compares adoption outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa to those in South Asia, and guides future efforts for global agricultural research

Technologies for Rainfed Agriculture in Mediterranean Climates
Technologies for Rainfed Agriculture in Mediterranean Climates

Author: Peter Oram

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1995-01-01

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780821334331

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This report describes the results of a survey of 1,000 multinational corporations undertaken in 1992 which asked about the importance of environmental issues in investment decisions. The survey shows that most large corporations look systematically at environmental questions when they decide where to invest. Environmental problems appear to have discouraged a number of investments across different industries and the question of liability for past pollution problems at industrial sites was the greatest concern for investors.

Population and Food in the Early Twenty-first Century
Population and Food in the Early Twenty-first Century

Author: Nurul Islam

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 1995-01-01

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9780896293311

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The IFPRI roundtable, with its focus on the prospects of a long-term balance between food demand and supply, provided a link between the two conferences, as the adequacy of food supply at affordable prices for future populations is a crucial element in a strategy designed to alleviate poverty and accelerate growth, in the context of an increasing population.