This is a speech made by Olusegun Obasanjo for the Sir John Crawford Memorial Lecture at the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) in Maputo. The author speaks about the global...
This is a speech made by William H. Calvin for the Sir John Crawford Memorial Lecture at the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) in Beijing. The author speaks about the climate...
"Food for All: A Challenge for the 21st Century" is a presentation given by Anne-Marie Lizin president of the senate of Belgium on behalf of The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research...
"Food for All: A Challenge for the 21st Century" is a presentation given by Anne-Marie Lizin president of the senate of Belgium on behalf of The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research...
The speaker introduced the audience through a lively demonstration on what domain is within the market economy, to then focus on the role of property rights - that "something" that is so essential for...
Agriculture and agricultural research must play an essential role in the endeavor to eradicate poverty and hunger in the world. To this end the speaker provides her own contribution, and vision of prosperity...
Agriculture and agricultural research must play an essential role in the endeavor to eradicate poverty and hunger in the world. To this end the speaker provides her own contribution, and vision of prosperity...
The speaker addresses the subject of ecological sustainability, stipulating in nature's eco-systems lies the preservation of humanity, yet it is to agriculture - and about 12 species of crops - that civilization...
In the past 100 years, there have been massive transformation of farming practices brought about by industrialization, agribusiness, and now, new discoveries I genes and proteins. There has been also a...
This lecture focused largely on the consciousness that projected global population increases (by 2050) will mostly occur in developing countries, growing significantly larger in lower-income countries...
This is a speech made by Dr. J. Craig Venter for the Sir John Crawford Memorial Lecture series at the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) annual meetings. The speaker is the...
This lecture presents seven inter-related points. 1) The poor continue to depend on staples for income and progress, via consumption, prices, nutrition, employment, farm income, and overall rural income...
The lecture begins by providing an overview of the broad regional and international contexts bearing on development prospects in Africa. This is followed by a recapitulation of issues of poverty and its...
This lecture discusses the creation of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and its accomplishments in its twenty-five years of existence. The author credits Robert McNamara...
While the world is going through transitions of globalization on its way to the twenty-first century, human security is missing. The widest source of human insecurity today, according to this paper, is...
There is general agreement that the world's population will exceed 8 billion people by 2025; that most of the increase will occur in developing country cities; and that world food supplies will have to...
Today the world is under the threat of a silent crisis--the crisis of underdevelopment. At the very center of concern about development is the concern of food, agriculture, and people. Combining these...
With Latin America's natural resources, its abundant rural work force, and the rich potential of modern technology, agriculture can play a central role in regional development in the 1990s. However, Latin...
The presentations comprising this report recall the outstanding achievements of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) over the past 20 years. They particularly focus on...
This lecture emphasizes the concept of "nutrition security," which involves physical and economic access to balanced diets and safe drinking water to all people at all times. The presenter also emphasizes...