Toward Sustainability A Plan for Collaborative Research on Agriculture and Natural Resource Management

Toward Sustainabilityrecommends 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.Board on Agriculture Staff, National Research Council Staff is the author of 'Toward Sustainability A Plan for Collaborative Research on Agriculture and Natural Resource Management', published 1991 under ISBN 9780309045407 and ISBN 0309045401.