Forging Collaborative Partnerships with NGOs And Farmers Organizations as a Key Strategy to Advance Sustainable Agriculture In the Developing World
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The main objectives of the CGIAR agricultural research and development agenda are to reduce poverty and ensure an adequate nutrition and quality of life for rural society in the developing world. This mission involves meeting basic food needs of the rural poor but also expanding output to meet the food needs of a growing urban population, in a manner that is economically viable and which does not degrade the natural resource base.
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