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1. Genes in the Field

   On-Farm Conservation of Crop Diversity

   Edited by IDRC, IPGRI

   A primary goal of agricultural research is to develop technology that will enable the world's farmers to produce enough food in a manner that is sustainable and economically viable. Genes In the Field: On-Farm Conservation of Crop Diversity is a comprehensive collection of papers focusing on...

   Published December 11th 2010 by CRC Press
2. The Cornerstone of Development

   Integrating Environmental, Social, and Economic Policies

   By Jamie Schnurr, Idrc, Susan Holtz, Greg Armstrong, Anne K Bernard

   "Sustainable development" quickly became the universal goal for environmentalists in the 1990s, motivated by the 1988 Brundtland Report and the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio. When the time came to bring theory into reality, sustainable development revealed far more complexity than first anticipated.To...

   Published August 30th 1998 by CRC Press