Global food security; Global changes; Global physical and biological changes; Factors determining public sector research resource allocation; Challenges for agriculture; Implication of global change for public international agricultural research.
Research. ROBERT. W. HERDT. Introduction. While the research priorities of the
Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) are constantly
reviewed by the CGIAR, its Technical Advisory Committee, and each of its 16
research centers situated around the world, it is nevertheless a topic worth
addressing for several reasons. First, the world is changing rapidly and research
investment today is different from what it was a few years ago. Second, people
may be so ...
It is difficult to generate any watertight account of declines in yield variability at
the aggregate level that can be attributed to any specific research program. But
the evidence is strong nonetheless that yield variability has declined with the
diffusion of modern wheat varieties, and possibly also with maize. As reported by
previous researchers, there has factually been a decline in the variability of
national-level wheat yields and, to a lesser extent, maize yields. This decline has
been ...
