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

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