International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD), Washington, D.C.; Rome, Italy; Nairobi, Kenya; and Paris, France.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008-04
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: C27798
Notes:
1 page., Suggests the answer, "Yes." Executive summary of a set of reports agreed to at an Intergovernmental Plenary Session in Johannesburg, South Africa, in April, 2008. This was a small part of a study during the past three years by UN organizations, the World Bank and many governments involving 400 experts.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C37036
Notes:
Pages 165-187 in Bill Vitek and Wes Jackson (eds.), The virtues of ignorance: complexity, sustainability and the limits of knowledge. University Press of Kentucky, Lexington. 354 pages.
"The recent global food crisis shows that agro-technology and markets alone cannot reduce hunger. A ground-breaking three-year study recently concluded that the agriculture sector should use the know-how of smallholder farmers better." For details about the study, see www.agassessment.org.
