Good News from Africa - Farmers, Agricultural Research, and Food in the Pantry (IFPRI, 1998, 72 p.): (introduction...)

Good News from Africa - Farmers, Agricultural Research, and Food in the Pantry (IFPRI, 1998, 72 p.)

		*(introduction...)*
		Foreword
		Preface
		Yes, we do have bananas
		Blue and black lord of the flies
		Now the potatoes are shooting up
		THEME: MINING THE SOIL
		Millet - more than just bird seed
		Dairy cows under the coconut palms
		Without poison, but naturally
		THEME: NOURISHMENT AND UNDERNOURISHMENT
		Down-to-earth research
		More than a hill of beans
		A winning way with weeds
		THEME: AGRICULTURE IS IMPORTANT - FOR A HOST OF REASONS
		To grow green, the maize must wither
		But you don't use cows for plowing
		THEME: AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ALONE WON'T DO IT
		Getting the rice right
		CGIAR research institutions* discussed in this book
		Addresses
		Back Cover

(introduction...)

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The International Food Policy Research Institute in collaboration with:

Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
Centro Internacional de la Papa
Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de May Trigo
International Centre for Research in Agroforestry
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
International Livestock Research Institute
West Africa Rice Development Association

Photo: Michael Daugaard

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Text: Ebbe SchiBR>Translation: Barbara Haveland
Cover: Ebbe Schi
Design: art/Grafik, Copenhagen, Denmark
Printing: Repro & Tryk, Skive, Denmark
Printed on Scandia 2000 paper
ISBN: 0-89629-700-4
This book was published in Danish in 1998 by Danida, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark. This revised and translated version is published by IFPRI, in collaboration with the nine other research centers listed above.
The International Food Policy Research Institute was established in 1975 to identify and analyze alternative national and international strategies and policies for meeting food needs of the developing world on a sustainable basis, with particular emphasis on low-income countries and on the poorer groups in those countries. IFPRI is a member of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, an association of 16 international research centers, and receives support from a number of governments, multilateral organizations, foundations, and other sources. All of the other research centers that contributed to this volume are members of the CGIAR system, with the exception of ICIPE (International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology).