Eurekalert.org: New investments in agriculture likely to fail without sharp focus on small-scale ‘mixed’ farmers

The authors, who include scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the World Bank, urge wealthy countries, which pledged US$20 billion for developing-country agriculture at the G8 summit in Italy last year, to look beyond “business as usual” investments.

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Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-02/bc-

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