COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION

摘要

As an advocate of competition of best ideas, I think we should continue to compete. However, while doing so, we should at least share what is being done elsewhere. Often the information on what kind of research is carried out in other countries and other organizations is rather weak. I would like to add some organizational structure, that is, the layer organization. These are called development networks. These networks do not focus on agricultural research for development; they pursue all forms of development research. They are also rather young, but they do have annual meetings. The Global Development Network was held in July in Cairo.