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This is an overview of agricultural research systems, in over 50 developing countries, where economic development depends on improving the productivity of agriculture and the sustainable management of renewable resources. The author explores new strategies and functions that national research systems can perform to meet the needs of their agricultural and natural resource sectors without relying on organizational growth. A national portfolio approach to the strategic planning of research is presented and illustrated by case studies. Scientific developments that stretch the scope of research...

Focusing on peoples throughout the tropical world, and including case studies from Cuba, Ethiopia, Ghana, Venezuela, and Vietnam, Home Gardens and Agrobiodiversity explains how both rural and urban households manage home garden diversity in ways that enable them to cope with change, and adapt their crops to new situations.

After introducing theoretical and methodological aspects of studying home garden culture, scientists and conservationists present case studies of ways in which garden practices in tropical areas contribute to agricultural biodiversity and sustainability....