Quiet Revolutionaries - A Look at the Campaign by Agricultural Scientists to Fight Hunger (World Bank): (introduction...)

Quiet Revolutionaries - A Look at the Campaign by Agricultural Scientists to Fight Hunger (World Bank)

		*(introduction...)*
		The people behind this essay
		Foreword
		A costly mistake
		A tiny but effective wasp
		Moving to Benin
		Mite against Mite
		Good works and deals
		Organizing the CGIAR
		The second-generation centers
		The question of quarantine
		Managing a gene bank
		Rights to intellectual property
		A new kind of bread
		A taste of honey
		Starch and alcohol

(introduction...)

"They're quiet types people you've never heard of; doing jobs you've never thought of. "
David Wigg

World Bank Development Essays
Foreword by W. David Hopper
The World Bank Washington, D.C
© 1993 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The world bank 1818 H Street, N. W. Washington, D.C 20433

The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this study are entirely those of the author and should not be attributed in any manner to the World Bank, to its affiliated organizations, or to members of its Board of Executive Directors Or the countries they represent.

Credits for Photographs and Illustrations

The photograph on the cover shows a boy in northern Ghana carrying cassava cuttings for planting. Photo by Curt Carnemark