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Pesticide Action Network
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Online Resource Pointer #14
December 20, 1994
For copies of the following resources, please contact the
appropriate publishers or organizations directly.
*Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development: Part 1-Latin
America and Asia.* Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations, (FAO). This issue of D.E.E.P. (Development
Education Exchange Papers) promotes the exchange of ideas and
information between FAO and NGOs interested in working
together on Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
(SARD) projects in Latin America. Describes field programs
carried out by various NGOs and FAO-funded programs
including: Centro de Educacion y Tecnologia (CET) in Chile
implements an agroecological production system; Centro de
Investigacion, Educacion y Desarrollo (CIED) in Peru extends
the agricultural frontier by rehabilitating its network of
ridges and water channels; Thai Institute for Rural
Development (THIRD) in Thailand cultivates land using
integrated farming methods; and People's Education and
Development Organization (PEDO) in India aid and train women
and other farmers in reforestation programs. 37 pp. (Part 2
will cover sustainable agriculture and rural development in
Africa and Europe and food security.) DEEP, Office for
External Relations, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla,
00100 Rome, Italy; phone (396) 522-53420; fax (396) 522-
55784.
*People and Plants: The Development Agenda, 1994.*
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research,
(CGIAR). Describes the CGIAR Programme on Plant Genetic
Resources and its role in national, regional and
international research programs to conserve endangered plant
genetic resources. 14 pp. CGIAR Secretariat, World Bank,
1818 H Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20433; phone (202) 473-
4502; fax (202) 473-3112.
*Improving the Transfer and Use of Agricultural Information,
1994.* Willem Zijp. World Bank discussion paper recommends
more investment should be made in information technology
applications for agricultural development in developing
countries to redress the growing imbalance in information,
reduce poverty, increase participation, improve governance,
manage natural resources and improve opportunities for women.
The information technology referred to is computer-based
technology and telecommunications, including CD-ROM, computer
networks, desktop publishing, expert systems, geographic
information systems, interactive video, packet radio, radio
and interactive radio, satellite communications, and linear
video. 105 pp. The World Bank, 1818 H Street NW,
Washington, D.C. 20433; phone (202) 473-4502; fax (202) 473-
3112.
*Making Development Sustainable: From Concepts to Action,
1994.* Ismail Serageldin and Andrew Steer, (eds.) Eight
essays identify the issues and stresses the need to integrate
the approaches of sociologists, ecologists, and economists in
sustainable development; how issues of environmental
sustainability are gradually being mainstreamed into the core
of national development policymaking; and World Bank
assistance in sustainable development. 40 pp.
Environmentally Sustainable Development, World Bank, 1818 H
Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20433; phone (202) 473-4502; fax
(202) 473-3112.
*Issues in Genetic Resources.* International Plant Genetic
Resources Institute (IPGRI). An occasional series of papers
on important topics of interest to the genetic resources
community. The following issues are now available: "Material
transfer agreements in genetic resources exchange-the case of
the International Agricultural Research Centres", No. 1, May
1994; and "A multilateral system for plant genetic resources:
imperatives, achievements and challenges", No. 2, May 1994.
IPGRI, Via delle Sette Chiese 142, 00145, Rome, Italy.
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the Online Resource Pointer to send review copies of
publications, videos or other sources to our office (address
listed below) or to contact Publications and Information
Coordinator Ellen Hickey or Information Program Associate
Gina Schilling for further information.
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