Toward Sustainability: A Plan for Collaborative Research on Agriculture and Natural Resource Management - Softcover

National Research Council; Board On Science And Technology For International Development; Board On Agriculture; Panel For Collaborative Research Support For AID's Sustainable Agriculture And Natural Resource Management Program

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309045401 ISBN 13: 9780309045407

Publisher: National Academies Press, 1991

Synopsis

Toward Sustainability recommends a design for a new Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP) for the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID). Currently, eight CRSPs operate under legislation that supports long-term agricultural research of benefit to developing countries and the United States.
This book defines a process by which knowledge from all relevant AID-supported programs could be integrated and applied to advance profitable farming systems that improve local conditions and contribute to environmental goals. It makes recommendations on the types of competitive grants that should be made available under a new program, institutional participation, content of research proposals, and administrative procedures.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Executive Summary
• 1. Defining the Need
• 2. Expanding the Management Challenge
• 3. Considerations and Criteria for the Sanrem Program Design
• 4. Sanrem Program Management and Grant Administration
• References
• Appendix A: Introduction to Operational Issues
• Appendix B: Sustainable Agriculture, International Agricultural Research, and Strategies for Effective Collaboration
• Appendix C: Soil Research for Agricultural Sustainability in the Tropics
• Appendix D: The Agroecosystems
• Appendix E: Integrated Nutrient Management for Crop Production
• Appendix F: Integrated Pest Management for Sustainability in Developing Countries
• Appendix G: Project Bibliography
• Appendix H: Program Participants
• Authors

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Panel for Collaborative Research Support for AID's Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Program, National Research Council

About this edition

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0309045401
• ISBN 13: 9780309045407
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 164