How to Assist the Small-Scale Farmer
Bob Watson
Director of the International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for
Development
Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural affairs
The key messages in my...
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How to Assist the Small-Scale Farmer
Bob Watson
Director of the International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for
Development
Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural affairs
The key messages in my presentation are taken from the recently completed
International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development
(IAASTD), which was approved by 60 developed and developing countries in South Africa in
April, 2008.
The IAASTD was co-sponsored by the World Bank, FAO, UNEP, UNESCO,
UNDP, WHO and the GEF.
The key findings of the Global Summary for Decision-makers
and the executive summary of the Synthesis Report are attached to this presentation (web
address: http://www.
agassessment.
org/)
Food prices: The world currently faces a food problem of high prices caused by: (i)
increasing demand from rapidly developing countries; (ii) high energy prices; (iii) a series of
poor harvests due to variable weather at a time of low
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