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Book SynopsisThis volume reports on the productivity impacts of varietal improvement research conducted at a number of international centres affiliated with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. Such centres have been at the forefront of a 40-year effort to breed new varieties of the world's staple food crops. The volume is the main product of a study initiated and supported by the Impact Assessment and Evaluation Group (now Standing Panel on Impact Assessment) of the CGIAR. Descriptive data and econometric models are used to evaluate the impact of research on eleven crops and in three country case studies (Brazil, China and India).
Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction and Methodology 1: Study design and scope, R E Evenson and D Gollin 2: Crop genetic improvement in developing countries: Overview and summary, R E Evenson and D Gollin 3: Objectives and methodology: Crop genetic improvement studies, R E Evenson and D Gollin Part II: Crop Studies 4: Wheat, P W Heisey, USDA-Economic Research Service, Washington DC, USA, M A Lantican and H J Dubin, CIMMYT, Mexico 5: International research and genetic improvement in rice: Evidence from Asia and Latin America, M Hossain, IRRI, Makati City, Philippines, D Gollin, et al 6: Ecological diversity and rice varietal improvement in West Africa, T J Dalton, University of Maine, Orono, USA and R G Guei, WARDA, Cote D’Ivoire 7: Impacts of CIMMYT maize breeding research, M Morris, CIMMYT, Mexico, M Mekuria and R Gerpacio 8: Impact of IITA germplasm improvement on maize production in West and Central Africa, V M Manyong, IITA, Nigeria, J G Kling, Oregon State University, USA, et al 9: Impacts of genetic improvement in sorghum, U K Deb and M C S Bantilan, ICRISAT, Andhra Pradesh, India 10: Impacts of genetic enhancement in pearl millet, M C S Bantilan and U K Deb, ICRISAT, Andhra Pradesh, India 11: The impact of international and national investment in barley germplasm improvement in the developing countries, A Aw-Hassan, ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria and K Shideed, IPA Agricultural Research Center, Iraq, et al 12: The impact of CIAT’s genetic improvement research on beans, N L Johnson, D Pachico, CIAT, Cali, Colombia, et al 13: Economic impact of international and national lentil improvement research in developing countries, K Shideed, IPA Agricultural Research Center, Iraq, A Aw-Hassan, ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria, et al 14: Impacts of genetic improvement in groundnut, M C S Bantilan, U K Deb and S N Nigam, ICRISAT, Andhra Pradesh, India 15: Potato genetic improvement in developing countries and CIP’s role in varietal change, T Walker, CIP, Lima, Peru, Y P Bi, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China, et al 16: The impact of IARC genetic improvement programs on cassava, N L Johnson, CIAT, Cali, Colombia, V M Manyong, IITA, Nigeria, et al Part III: Country Studies 17: Objectives and methodology for country studies, R E Evenson 18: The impact of investments in agricultural research on total factor productivity in China, S Rozell, S Jin, University of California, USA, et al 19: Crop genetic improvement impacts on Indian agriculture, J W McKinsey, North Easton, MA, USA and R E Evenson 20: Brazil, A F D Avila, EMPRAPA, Brazil, R E Evenson, et al Part IV: Synthesis 21: Modern variety (MV) production: A synthesis, R E Evenson 22: Production impacts of crop genetic improvement (CGI), R E Evenson 23: The economic consequences of CGI programs, R E Evenson and M Rosegrant, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, USA
