International agricultural research system

Meeting: Royal Society of Canada, Meeting, 23 Aug. 1977, Ottawa, ON, CAPhotocopyIDRC personnel. Paper on the functions and objectives of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, with an appraisal of the world's major agricultural research centres - describes the creation and rationale of CIMMYT and IRRI, advantages of the new centres specializing in subsistence farming, food crops and high-yielding hybrids, common trends in their research programmes and institutional framework