Agriculture in the 1990s: Strategic Choices for Asia/Near East Countries. Symposium Proceedings. Held in Rosslyn, Virginia on September 7-9, 1988

摘要

The document includes the abstracts of 13 papers addressing issues of pricing, inputs, agricultural productivity, employment and income distribution, consumption and nutritional intake, irrigation, institutional sustainability, diversification, trade, and natural resource management. Also included are summaries of group discussions on the above-noted issues, as well as on such cross-cutting themes as the need for enhanced rural infrastructure, the need for sophisticated analysis of resource allocation issues at the micro and macro levels, and the high pay-off on investments in human resources.