Development Bulletin No.49
July 1999

Discussion Series 
Impacts of the Asian crisis and the political economy on agriculture’s
role in developing economies
Ray Trewin


Agriculture as economic shock absorber: Indonesia 
Peter G. Warr


Gender concerns and the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources
Johanna Sutherland


Rethinking development: Refocusing strategies on agriculture 
Maria Fay Rola-Rubzen and J. Brian Hardaker


Confronting the triple challenge: Fighting hunger, ending poverty, 
and protecting the environment
Ismail Serageldin


Agricultural technology and development in the future: A personal overview 
Tony Fischer


A new paradigm for world agriculture: Productive, sustainable and 
nutritious food systems to meet human needs
Robin D. Graham and Ross M. Welch


Bringing science to bear on rodent control in agriculture: Implications 
for food security in Southeast Asia
Grant Singleton


Improving household food security through grassroots extension, 
kitchen gardens and nutrition education
Tony Jansen


The 1997 drought in Papua New Guinea: Development and food security 
R. Michael Bourke


Rural poverty in Papua New Guinea 
Bryant Allen


Fisheries management in developing countries 
Stephen J.M. Blaber


Aquaculture: A development opportunity for the Pacific Islands 
Johann Bell


The role of biodiversity in small scale agricultural systems 
Paul Ferrar


Agriculture in the South Pacific: What does the future hold? 
Michael Foale


International agricultural research: A fertile field for global progress 
Don Mentz and Heather Slater


Postharvest technology in Asia: ACIAR’s framework for collaborative 
research and development
Greg Ian Johnson


Pesticide monitoring becomes a practical proposition 
John Skerritt


Combating tick fever in Zimbabwe and Australia 
David Horwood


Improving agricultural education and training 
Lindsay Falvey


Building upon pastoral knowledge systems and institutions 
Anil K. Gupta


Systemic learning approach to food security in Nepal 
Sharan KC


Participation as a means to increase access to information 
Cornelius A.J. Botha, Joseph B. Stevens and Stephan P. Treurnicht


Rugged individualism versus cooperative enterprise: Different responses 
by New Zealand pastoral farmers to agricultural change 
Mairi Jay


Semi-natural grasslands: Biodiversity conservation and sustainable agriculture 
E. Gunilla A. Olsson


The poverty of urban agriculture: A neglected domain of smallholder agriculture 
Joe Remenyi


Viewpoint
Professionals’ views on the direction of agricultural aid 
Lindsay Falvey


Economic governance and the Asian financial crisis 
Bob Warner


From the field
The Mapping Agricultural Systems Project provides new information on 
village agriculture in Papua New Guinea 
Bryant Allen


Mapping land resource vulnerability in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea 
Luke Hanson


The causes and consequences of sugarcane burning in Fiji 
Paresh Kumar Narayan


Hill tribe women of Thailand: Where to turn now? 
Anchale Phonklieng


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