A meeting was held of social scientists from the International Agriculture Research Centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), at the International Service for National...
The CGIAR is a unique and successful institutional innovation in international agricultural research and development. The focus of this paper is on the management effectiveness of the CGIAR centers. The...
Networking became a popular way of promoting research in the 1970s and 1980s. Networks are particularly common in the agricultural sciences, an indication of the interdisciplinary nature of agricultural...
This paper reviews the history of quarantine services, discusses principles for successful quarantine operations and identifies major constraints to the exchange of plant materials due to quarantine restrictions...
After decades of neglect, the agricultural sector in many countries of Latin America is receiving renewed attention. As part of this, the establishment and consolidation in Latin America of three international...
Since CGIAR centers have been in existence for a number of years, this paper addresses the impact of these centers on national research and extension programs and crop productivity. The study estimates...
Burkina Faso is a country with all the characteristics of underdevelopment. Agriculture is the main activity of 95 percent of the population. The country's economy is predominantly free enterprise. Since...
After decades of neglect, the agricultural sector in many countries of Latin America is receiving renewed attention. As part of this, the establishment and consolidation in Latin America of three international...
This report on the collaboration between international agricultural research centers (IARCs) and the agricultural research system of Burma was undertaken at the request of the CGIAR impact study and includes...
It is becoming increasingly evident that the achievement of meeting aggregate food needs so that malnutrition and hunger are reduced cannot be accomplished if women's roles in production and food systems...
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) collaborates with the national agricultural research system of India to increase agricultural production and research capacity...
The agricultural research system in Syria is composed of several agencies with no coordination between them. Two directorates of the Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform (MAAR), the Scientific Agricultural...
This report describes a study of the collaboration between international agricultural research centers and the national agricultural research system of Cuba, a project that was conducted by the authors...
This report begins with a review of the principal macroeconomic features affecting Ecuador's agricultural sector and of the institutional system for the generation and dissemination of agricultural technology...
Since collaborative research between Thailand and the CGIAR system was initiated in the early 1960s, many benefits have been derived at both the national and the farm level. Benefits to the National Agricultural...
The main purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of the collaboration between the International Agricultural Research Centers (IARCs) and the Phillipine National Agricultural Research System...
Since the agricultural sector is a crucial factor in the development of the Peruvian economy, the country has recently established five national priority programs in coordination with several international...
In evaluating research results obtained since the creation of the Brazilian Company of Agricultural Research and the National Agricultural Research System (EMBRAPA-NARS), it was noted that the contribution...
Over the past fifteen years, international agricultural research centres (IARCs), particularly the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), have made significant contributions to the development of...
This genetic resources impact study was commissioned as part of a general impact study on all aspects of agricultural research and development within the CGIAR organization. Since the term genetic resources...