http://agro.biodiver.se/2008/09/a-puzzle-of-african-farming/ Crops, animals, wild relatives ... Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:45:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://agro.biodiver.se/2008/09/a-puzzle-of-african-farming/comment-page-1/#comment-622823 sharron Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:47:24 +0000 http://agro.biodiver.se/2008/09/a-puzzle-of-african-farming/#comment-622823 Sounds like the kind of work Peace Corps volunteers have been doing for decades. Sounds like the kind of work Peace Corps volunteers have been doing for decades.

]]> http://agro.biodiver.se/2008/09/a-puzzle-of-african-farming/comment-page-1/#comment-619163 Jeremy Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:25:21 +0000 http://agro.biodiver.se/2008/09/a-puzzle-of-african-farming/#comment-619163 Take a look at <a href="http://www.garyjones.org/mt/archives/000872.html" rel="nofollow">this response to my piece</a>. Rather than clutter up this site, I replied to that <a href="http://jeremycherfas.net/wp/Archive/2008/09/03/this-is-getting-to-be-a-habitthis-is-getting-to-be-a-habit/" rel="nofollow">over here</a>. Take a look at this response to my piece. Rather than clutter up this site, I replied to that over here.

]]> http://agro.biodiver.se/2008/09/a-puzzle-of-african-farming/comment-page-1/#comment-618782 Glenn Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:14:32 +0000 http://agro.biodiver.se/2008/09/a-puzzle-of-african-farming/#comment-618782 Spot on....comprehensive support from research to development to end use is needed. For a research project I am working on, I have looked at the state of R&D systems in Africa (see www.asti.cgiar.org). I expected to find some good examples, but almost every country underfunds their R&D. Agro-dealers? A puzzle indeed.... Spot on….comprehensive support from research to development to end use is needed. For a research project I am working on, I have looked at the state of R&D systems in Africa (see http://www.asti.cgiar.org). I expected to find some good examples, but almost every country underfunds their R&D. Agro-dealers? A puzzle indeed….

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