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Pages 345-350

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... Dr. Borlaug has had a broad impact on global agricultural research and production, has helped train a generation of agricultural scientists, and remains deeply involved in enhancing African agriculture through the Sasakawa Africa Association and its Global 2000 Partnership with the Carter Center, whose mission is raising the productivity of African farmers through sustainable development and equitable and responsible use of resources.
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From page 346...
... Professor Guyer, a Woodrow Wilson Fellow in 2003, specializes in African studies, social anthropology, and the study of production and distribution systems, in particular the anthropology of the economy and material life in West and Equatorial Africa. She focuses primarily on the growth and change of indigenous economies, with a special emphasis on food economies and money management outside structured systems.
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From page 347...
... His research interests, beginning with field work with indigenous vegetables in Kenya, include biological diversity and biotechnology, evolutionary and systems theory, science and technology policy studies, institutional change, and international trade and international environmental policy. He has worked as a teacher, science writer, chief executive officer, and advisor (including USAID)
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From page 348...
... of the International Council of Scientific Unions. In addition, he was Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Urban Management Programme of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements/United Nations Development Programme and the World Bank, was Vice-Chairman of the Directorate of Food, Roads and Rural Infrastructure, Office of the President, Nigeria, and Executive Chairman of the National Board for Community Banks.
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From page 349...
... He has published widely in the field of agricultural development, food production, and pest management, including the 1964 standard, Africans on the Land; recent publications include IFPRI's 2020 Vision Discussion Paper #32, Integrated Nutrient Management, Soil Fertility, and Sustainable Agriculture: Current Issues and Future Challenges (with Peter Gruhn and Francesco Goletti) , 2000, and the concluding chapter, "Agricultural Research in the Tropics: Past and Future", in ISNAR's 1997 expanded edition of The Globalization of Science: The Place of Agricultural Research.
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  • professor guyer
  • woodrow wilson
  • foreign associate
  • world food
  • food prize

  • biological control
  • senior fellow
  • globalization project
  • published widely
  • poverty alleviation

  • broad field
  • african centre
  • insect physiology
  • control project
  • outside structured

  • forestry research
  • research institution
  • wildlife fund
  • address poverty
  • recent publications


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