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Author Staff, National Research Council

Title Toward Sustainability : Soil and Water Research Priorities for Developing Countries
Published Washington : National Academies Press, 1900

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Description 1 online resource (76 pages)
Contents ""TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY""; ""Summary""; ""A FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING RESEARCH PRIORITIES""; ""CRITICAL RESEARCH PRIORITIES""; ""AN INTEGRATED RESEARCH STRATEGY""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""2 A Framework for Assessing Research Priorities ""; ""KEY ELEMENTS IN THE RESEARCH FRAMEWORK""; ""SELECTING APPROPRIATE ORGANISMS AND HUSBANDRY""; ""APPLYING SYSTEMS ANALYSIS TO THE RESEARCH FRAMEWORK""; ""THE RESEARCH FRAMEWORK AND THE FARMER""; ""3 Research Priorities To Support Sustainable Agriculture ""
""OVERCOMING INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS ON RESOURCE CONSERVATION""""ENHANCING SOIL BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES""; ""MANAGING SOIL PROPERTIES""; ""IMPROVING WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT""; ""MATCHING CROPS TO ENVIRONMENTS""; ""INCORPORATING SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DIMENSIONS""; ""4 Supporting an Integrated Research Strategy ""; ""STRUCTURES TO LINK USERS AND RESEARCHERS""; ""STRUCTURES TO LINK RESEARCH COMPONENTS""; ""MECHANISMS TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTS OF RESEARCH""; ""MECHANISMS TO SET RESEARCH PRIORITIES""; ""MECHANISMS TO INTEGRATE DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR SITE-SPECIFIC ANALYSIS""
""CRITICAL COMMUNICATIONS ISSUES""""5 Conclusions ""; ""USE OF EXISTING KNOWLEDGE""; ""THE NEED FOR A CHANGE IN THE RESEARCH PARADIGM""; ""LINKS BETWEEN SCIENTIFIC AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE""; ""THE PROCESS OF SETTING PRIORITIES""; ""CURRENT RESEARCH PRIORITIES""; ""References""; ""APPENDIX A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members ""; ""APPENDIX B Workshop Participants October 1�2, 1990 Irvine, CA ""
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Subject Sustainable agriculture -- Research -- Developing countries
Soils -- Research -- Developing countries
Water -- Research -- Developing countries
Soil management -- Developing countries
Water resources development -- Developing countries
Soil management
Soils -- Research
Sustainable agriculture -- Research
Water -- Research
Water resources development
Developing countries
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780309572484
0309572487