The capacity to increase the supply of food and other agricultural products is of obvious importance to developing countries, particularly those faced with rapidly growing populations. The authors examine trends in agricultural research and extension programmes between 1959 and 1980 in several...

Untersucht wird, in welchem Umfang spezifische internationale Organisationen (hier das International Rice Research Institute, Philippinen) und Programme zur Entwicklung und Verbreitung neuer, besserer Reissorten beigetragen haben. Nach einer knappen Abhandlung von Reisanbaumethoden und der...