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The FAO field programme and agricultural development in Asia and the Pacific

Year of publication 1999

Pages 75

Author Nath, P.;Operations Branch

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 9748576469

Series title RAP Publication

Series number 1020-6221|1014-2789|18194591|0428-9560

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This book overviews issues involved in agricultural development in countries extending from Pakistan to the Philippines and from Indonesia to Northern China since the 1960s. It explains the types and stages of development that have taken place in agricultural systems throughout the world, and examines trends and sources of growth in productivity in the context of the region’s natural resources, human resources, institutional resources, macroeconomic policies and technological progress. The suppo rt of FAO has been an integral part of these countries’ economic growth in that time. The contributions of FAO to almost every field of agricultural endeavour in Asia and the Pacific region are described. The development of infrastructure, research facilities, research and training institutions, teaching methods, fertilizer management, pest evaluation and management, seed production, plant breeding, agro-technologies for fruit, post-harvest storage and processing, participatory and farmer-led ap proaches to agriculture have all been influenced by FAO expertise and support.

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