Adapting and Extending American Agricultural Experience and Capabilities to Improve Food Production and Distribution in Developing Countries – Progress Report

Foreign Economic Development Service

No 349281, Miscellaneous Publications from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: This is a summary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agency for International Development progress in implementing the recommendations made to the President of the United States in a February 1970 report on improving food production and distribution in the low-income nations. These recommendations focused on the need for more U.S. support for international agricultural research, (2) soil and water programs, (3) agricultural training for foreign agriculturists, and (4) the upgrading of institutional competence of central governments, especially ministries of agriculture.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; International Development; Land Economics/Use; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22
Date: 1971-11
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.349281

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