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A summary report of the major conclusions of the third meeting of the CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy Committee held in Rolle, Switzerland in February 1996, prepared by Chairman M. S. Swaminathan and distributed in advance of MTM96. The record also contains the full report of the third meeting. Is...

TAC Vice Chair M. S. Swaminathan on the need for intensive basic research aimed at improving and raising the yield ceilings of grain legumes (pulses). Conclusion: an intensive, interdisciplinary international research effort on raising yield ceilings is potentially the single most significant inr...

Report of the meeting of the Intellectual Property Rights Panel held in September 1994, chaired by M.S. Swaminathan.. The report discusses the history of CGIAR engagement with IPR issues. It analyses CGIAR policy on patent issues, plant variety protection, in situ and ex situ conservation, and th...

M. S. Swaminathan paper on three areas of plant nutrition research considered for possible CGIAR funding: the development of integrated nutrient supply systems; quick yielding fuel trees; and materials that facilitate biological nitrogen fixation. Agenda document presented at TAC Eighth Meeting, ...

Paper by M. S. Swaminathan stimulated by the rising cost and feared scarcity of chemical fertilizers caused by the energy crisis, and the possible effect of these developments on the productivity of small farmers in developing countries. Swaminathan proposes that TAC investigate various methods o...

Brief report of a panel of CGIAR stakeholders that met in Washington in September 1994, under the chairmanship of M.S. Swaminathan.. The report responds to various other documents, including the draft CGIAR vision statement, the proposed long term research agenda, and the suggestions of the Study...

Text of the Sir John Crawford Memorial Lecture delivered by M. S. Swaminathan at CGIAR International Centers Week, October-November 1990. Swaminathan addressed some of the emerging challenges in agricultural research and public policy resulting from the changing nature of the food security challe...

Recommendations of the International Symposium on Coconut Research and Development held at the Central Plantation Crops Research Institute in Kasaragod, Kerala, India, in December 1976. Agenda document presented at the fifteenth meeting of TAC, January-February 1976.