1990 Supplement Publications of the International ... - IRRI books

Presents the viewpoints of key political and institutional forces that
are shaping U.S. foreign assistance to agriculture in the 1990s.
Shows the importance of market development consideration in U.S.
foreign assistance planning.
A. Weisblat and B. Kearl
Building National Capacity in the Social Sciences:
Insights from Experience in Asia
1989.85 pages. 21 x 27 cm. Paperback. $9.00.
Reports a detailed survey or 400 Asians who held social science
fellowships from major US. and Canadian funding agencies during
the past four decades. Finds that a large share of the former fellows
are working in their home countries, that they found their fellowship
studies relevant to their ultimate careers, and that they have played
important roles in shaping policy and building academic and research
institutions.
James Cock
Cassava: New Potential for a Neglected Crop
1985. 191 pages. 15 x 23 cm. Hardcover. ISBN 0-86531-356-3.
LDC $17.50, HDC $30.00.
Published for Winrock by Westview Press. Cassava is gaining new
respect as a food, animal feed, and fuel source. This book brings
together information on improved strains, modern cultivation techniques,
better processing methods, innovations in storage and
marketing. Gives examples of production programs in several developing
countries.
Pervaiz Amir and H.C. Knipscheer
Conducting On-Farm Animal Research: Procedures and
Economic Analysis
1989.244 pages. 15 x 22 cm. Paperback. LDC $7.00, HDC $9.00.
Pervaiz Amir and H.C. Knipscheer. Provides animalscientists fundamental
tools for on-farm analysis and offers cropping systems
researchers methods for participating in livestock research. Explains
economic, statistical and animal-production concepts and approaches.
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