Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) report /
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| Corporate author / creator: | International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development (Project) |
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| Imprint: | Washington, DC : Island Press, c2009. |
| Description: | x, 153 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Agriculture at a crossroads ; v. 5 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7644229 |
| Summary: | The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development (IAASTD) looks realistically at how we could effectively use agriculture/AKST to help us meet development and sustainability goals. An unprecedented three-year collaborative effort, the IAASTD involved more than 400 authors in 110 countries and cost more than $11 million. It reports on the advances and setbacks of the past fifty years and offers options for the next fifty years.<br> <br> The results of the project are contained in seven reports: a Global Report, five regional Sub-Global Assessments, and a Synthesis Report. The Global Report gives the key findings of the Assessment, and the five Sub-Global Assessments address regional challenges. The volumes present options for action. All of the reports have been extensively peer-reviewed by governments and experts and all have been approved by a panel of participating governments. The Sub-Global Assessments all utilize a similar and consistent framework: examining and reporting on the impacts of AKST on hunger, poverty, nutrition, human health, and environmental/social sustainability. The five Sub-Global Assessments cover the following regions:<br> Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA)<br> East and South Asia and the Pacific (ESAP)<br> Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)<br> North America and Europe (NAE)<br> Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)<br> |
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| Physical Description: | x, 153 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781597265409 1597265403 9781597265416 1597265411 |
