PROVEN SUCCESSES IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT Edited by David J. Spielman and Rajul Pandya-Lorch PROVEN SUCCESSES IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT Edited by David J. Spielman and Rajul Pandya-Lorch sustainable solutions for ending hunger and poverty Supported by the CGIAR Copyright © 2009 International Food Policy Research Institute. All rights reserved. For permission to republish, contact
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[email protected] www.ifpri.org DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/9780896296619BK Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Millions fed : proven successes in agricultural development / [edited by] David J. Spielman and Rajul Pandya-Lorch. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-0-89629-661-9 (alk. paper) 1. Agricultural development projects--Developing countries. 2. Agriculture and state--Developing countries. I. Spielman, David J. II. Pandya-Lorch, Rajul. HD1417M55 2009 338.1’8091724--dc22 2009044452 ISBN: 10-digit: 0-89629-661-X 13-digit: 978-0-89629-661-9 Cover Photo credits Cover images from left to right: © Richard Lord, © iStockphoto, © CRS/David Snyder, © Jan Banning/PANOS, © CRS/David Snyder, © Klaus von Grebmer/IFPRI. Cover design/illustration and book design/layout: Joan K. Stephens/JKS Design. Contents List of Tables . ii List of Figures . iii List of Boxes . iv Acknowledgments . v Foreword Joachim von Braun and Prabhu Pingali . vii Chapter 1 Fifty Years of Progress David J. Spielman and Rajul Pandya-Lorch . 1 Chapter 2 Fighting a “Shifty Enemy”: The international collaboration to contain wheat rusts H.