Development through Innovative Research: The First Three Years of the Agency for International Development (AID) Program in Science and Technology Cooperation (PSTC)

摘要

The paper first provides a brief program history and overview of activities, including a list of countries participating during the period FY 1981-84. Research in five areas are: biotechnology/immunology, biotechnology/plants, use of chemistry in food production, biomass resources and conversion technology, and biological control of selected vectors. A second grants component, conducted by the Board on Science and Technology for International Development, is also profiled. The component funds research in six areas: grain amaranth, biological nitrogen fixation, fast-growing trees, mosquito vector field studies, rapid epidemiological assessment, and acute respiratory infection.