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Emerging Technologies to Benefit Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

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Size: 292 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:2008

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Committee on a Study of Technologies to Benefit Farmers in Africa and South Asia, National Research Council
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Increased agricultural productivity is a major stepping stone on the path out of poverty in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, but farmers there face tremendous challenges improving production. Poor soil, inefficient water use, and a lack of access to plant ...
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Front Matter	i-xxii
Executive Summary	1-4	(skim)
Summary	5-22	(skim)
1 Introduction	23-30	(skim)
2 Constraints on Crop and Animal Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia	31-70	(skim)
3 Plant Improvement and Protection	71-122	(skim)
4 Water Resource Availability	123-144	(skim)
5 Technologies for Soil Improvement	145-176	(skim)
6 Technologies for Improving Animal Health and Production	177-210	(skim)
7 Emerging Technologies to Meet Local Energy Needs	211-232	(skim)
8 Priorities for Emerging Technologies	233-248	(skim)
Appendix A: Committee Statement of Task	249-252	(skim)
Appendix B: Biographic Sketches of Committee Members	253-258	(skim)
Appendix C: Responses from Sub-Saharan African and South Asian Scientists	259-262	(skim)
Appendix D: Contributors	263-266	(skim)
Appendix E: Recent Publications of the Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources	267-270	(skim)

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Increased agricultural productivity is a major stepping stone on the path out of poverty in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, but farmers there face tremendous challenges improving production. Poor soil, inefficient water use, and a lack of access to plant breeding resources, nutritious animal feed, high quality seed, and fuel and electricity-combined with some of the most extreme environmental conditions on Earth-have made yields in crop and animal production far lower in these regions than world averages.

Emerging Technologies to Benefit Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia identifies sixty emerging technologies with the potential to significantly improve agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Eighteen technologies are recommended for immediate development or further exploration. Scientists from all backgrounds have an opportunity to become involved in bringing these and other technologies to fruition. The opportunities suggested in this book offer new approaches that can synergize with each other and with many other activities to transform agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

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