Toward Sustainability

A Plan for Collaborative Research on Agriculture and Natural Resource Management

Editor: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309045407
eISBN Pdf: 9780309595223
Lugar de publicación: Estados Unidos
Año de publicación digital: 1991
Mes: Enero
Páginas: 164
Idioma: Ingles

Descripción

Toward Sustainability recommends a design for a new Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP) for the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID). Currently, eight CRSPs operate under legislation that supports long-term agricultural research of benefit to developing countries and the United States.

This book defines a process by which knowledge from all relevant AID-supported programs could be integrated and applied to advance profitable farming systems that improve local conditions and contribute to environmental goals. It makes recommendations on the types of competitive grants that should be made available under a new program, institutional participation, content of research proposals, and administrative procedures.

Cover
Front Matter
Executive Summary
1. Defining the Need
2. Expanding the Management Challenge
3. Considerations and Criteria for the Sanrem Program Design
4. Sanrem Program Management and Grant Administration
References
Appendix A: Introduction to Operational Issues
Appendix B: Sustainable Agriculture, International Agricultural Research, and Strategies for Effective Collaboration
Appendix C: Soil Research for Agricultural Sustainability in the Tropics
Appendix D: The Agroecosystems
Appendix E: Integrated Nutrient Management for Crop Production
Appendix F: Integrated Pest Management for Sustainability in Developing Countries
Appendix G: Project Bibliography
Appendix H: Program Participants
Authors