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Appendix E: Biographical Sketches
Pages 156-157

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... tropical research laboratory in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and project leader of the USPHS technology development laboratory in Savannah, Georgia, before joining the department of entomology and limnology at Cornell. His particular interests are ecosystems management and pollution control, energy and land resources in the food system, and pest control.
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... NOEL D VIETMEYER, study director and technical writer for this study, is a senior program officer of the Board on Science and Technology for International Development.
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  • international development
  • technical writer
  • mexico city
  • puerto rico
  • soil physics

  • international advisory
  • sustainable management
  • viable alternatives
  • project leader
  • soil erosion

  • soil structure
  • upland production
  • wheat breeding
  • usphs technology
  • tropical research

  • soil physicist
  • shifting cultivation
  • water resources
  • plant pathology
  • tropical deforestation

  • international institute
  • san juan
  • include soil
  • principal research
  • soil compaction

  • ecological impact
  • development laboratory
  • ohio state
  • state university
  • include improving


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