| Description |
viii, 401 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Based on papers presented at a conference held in Bellagio, Italy, in October 1991. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Sustainable agricultural growth / Vernon W. Ruttan -- Agricultural and food system scenarios for the 21st century / Kirit S. Parikh -- Constraints on institutional innovation: transaction costs, incentive compatability, and historical considerations / Douglass C. North -- Building productive national and international agricultural research systems / Carl K. Eicher -- Fragile lands: identification and use for agriculture / B.L. Turner II and Patricia A. Benjamin -- Tales of dissemination in agriculture / Judith Tendler. |
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Institutional infrastructure for health research in developing countries / Adetokunbo O. Lucas -- Health policy for rural areas: Sri Lanka / Godfrey Gunatilleke -- Health systems for rural areas: Kenya / Dan C.O. Kaseje -- Institutional capacity to monitor the sources and effects of environmental change in agriculture / Stephen L. Rawlins -- Monitoring the effects of acid deposition and climate change on agricultural potential / J.A. Lee, David Norse, and Martin Parry -- Institutional capacity to monitor the interactions of agricultural and health change / David Bradley. |
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Challenges to agricultural research in the 21st century / Vernon W. Ruttan -- Global research systems for sustainable development: agriculture, health, and environment / David E. Bell, William C. Clark, and Vernon W. Ruttan. |
| Subject |
Agriculture -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses.
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Congresses.
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Rural health -- Congresses.
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| Added Author |
Ruttan, Vernon W.
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| ISBN |
0816622914 (acid-free) |
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0816622922 (pbk. : acid-free) |
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