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1 online resource (164 pages) |
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""Toward Sustainability""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""THE CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE""; ""THE RESEARCH CHALLENGE""; ""The Need for a Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Collaborative Research Support Program""; ""Commitment to Systems-Based Research""; ""Commitment to Interdisciplinary Inquiry""; ""Research Approach""; ""THE GRANT PROGRAM""; ""Grant Types""; ""Institutional Participation""; ""Content of Research Proposals""; ""Administrative Procedures""; ""Program Timetable""; ""CONCLUSION"" |
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""1 Defining the Need""""AGRICULTURE, ENVIRONMENT, AND DEVELOPMENT""; ""CHARACTERISTICS OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS""; ""THE RESEARCH CHALLENGE: ADOPTING A SYSTEMS-BASED APPROACH""; ""2 Expanding the Management Challenge""; ""HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF THE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH SUPPORT PROGRAMS""; ""CRSP INVOLVEMENT IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE""; ""3 Considerations and Criteria for the SANREM Program Design""; ""PROGRAM OBJECTIVES""; ""CRITICAL AREAS OF INQUIRY""; ""4 SANREM Program Management and Grant Administration"" |
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""ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE SANREM CRSP""""Administration by a Management Entity""; ""Supporting Units""; ""Board of Directors""; ""Technical Committee""; ""External Evaluation Panel""; ""Sustainable Agriculture Committee""; ""GRANT ADMINISTRATION""; ""Types of Grants""; ""Research Planning Grants""; ""Research Core Grant""; ""Research Support Grants""; ""Funding Levels""; ""Institutional Participation""; ""CONTENT OF RESEARCH PROPOSALS""; ""Description of Research Location and Site""; ""Significance of Research and Site""; ""Problem Description and Research Methodology"" |
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""Systems-Based Approaches to Ecological and Socioeconomic Research""""Collaborative Arrangements Among U.S. and Host Country Institutions""; ""Information About Researchers and Other Collaborators""; ""Capacity for Interdisciplinary Research""; ""Logistics""; ""Team Building""; ""Objectives, Goals, and Performance Indicators""; ""Data Collection, Management, and Information Sharing""; ""Feedback Mechanisms and Capacity for Flexibility""; ""Input from Sustainable Agriculture Professionals""; ""Farmer Participation""; ""Institutional Sustainability""; ""Broader Issues and Impacts"" |
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""Capacity to Develop Technologies and Disseminate Knowledge""""Budget""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""References""; ""Appendix A Introduction to Operational Issues""; ""Appendix B Sustainable Agriculture, International Agricultural Research, and Strategies for Research Collaboration""; ""INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE""; ""NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS""; ""National Agricultural Research Systems""; ""International Agricultural Research Centers""; ""FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS""; ""U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"" |
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""Agency for international development"" |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Sustainable agriculture -- Research -- International cooperation -- Congresses
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Natural resources -- Management -- Research -- International cooperation -- Congresses
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Natural resources -- Management -- Research -- International cooperation.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780309595223 |
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0309595223 |
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