"CORPOICA and IFPRI implemented a research project in Ventaquemada, Colombia.

"This paper investigates the effects of wheat genetic diversity and land degradation on risk and agricultural productivity in less favored production environments of a developing agricultural economy.

Compared to both Canada and the United States, Australia has been slow to approve commercial planting of transgenic crops. Two probable reasons exist for the slow approval rate of transgenic crops in Australia.

The paper discusses the application of the Water Poverty Index (WPI) as a monitoring tool for Benin’s water sector.

This paper analyzes the current and proposed biosafety systems in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda using a set of components and characteristics common to functional and protective biosafety regulatory systems.

Pollution of the environment by metals and organic contaminants is an intractable global problem, with cleanup costs running into billions of dollars using current engineering technologies.

Meeting the food needs of the world’s growing population while reducing poverty and protecting the environment is a major global challenge. Genetically modified crops appear to provide a promising option to deal with this challenge.

The successful management of transgenic technology is likely to depend on the economic behavioral response of farmers to the regulated use of transgenic crops.

"The increasing demand for water and limited degree of cost recovery for irrigation water delivery are important challenges for policymakers in Indonesia.

"Because the conditions for agricultural development vary considerably across space, we need to develop methods that allow us to take such variability into account when evaluating development strategies for particular crops or farming systems

"This paper describes the emergence of improved traditional planting pits (zaï) in Burkina Faso in the early 1980s as well as their advantages, disadvantages and impact.

"Local farming communities throughout the world face productivity constraints, environmental concerns, and diverse nutritional needs. Developing countries address these challenges in a number of ways.

Public-private partnerships offer potentially important opportunities for pro-poor agricultural research in developing countries.

Recent water sector reforms, increased scarcity and vulnerability of existing water resources, combined with declining public funding available for large-scale infrastructure investment in the sector have led to an increased awareness by the Gover

The objective of this paper is to review trends in government expenditures in the developing world, to analyze the causes of change, and to develop an analytical framework for determining the differential impacts of various government expenditures

In many African countries, governments are re-thinking the role of the state in centrally providing certain goods and services.

The adoption of more efficient farming practices and technologies that enhance agricultural productivity and improve environmental sustainability is instrumental for achieving economic growth, food security and poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan A

Notwithstanding the ambiguous research and productivity promoting effects of plant variety protections (PVPs), even in developed countries, many developing countries have adopted PVPs in the past few years to comply with their Trade-Related Aspect

Coffee is the most important export crop in Uganda and an important source of income among smallholder farmers in large parts of the country.

"The study attempts to measure the total benefits from rice varietal improvement research in China and India using variety adoption and performance data over the last two decades.