Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction and Methodology 1: Study design and scope, R E Evenson and D Gollin 2: Crop genetic improvement in developing countries: Overview and summary, R E Evenson and D Gollin 3: Objectives and methodology: Crop genetic improvement studies, R E Evenson and D Gollin Part II: Crop Studies 4: Wheat, P W Heisey, USDA-Economic Research Service, Washington DC, USA, M A Lantican and H J Dubin, CIMMYT, Mexico 5: International research and genetic improvement in rice: Evidence from Asia and Latin America, M Hossain, IRRI, Makati City, Philippines, D Gollin, et al 6: Ecological diversity and rice varietal improvement in West Africa, T J Dalton, University of Maine, Orono, USA and R G Guei, WARDA, Cote D’Ivoire 7: Impacts of CIMMYT maize breeding research, M Morris, CIMMYT, Mexico, M Mekuria and R Gerpacio 8: Impact of IITA germplasm improvement on maize production in West and Central Africa, V M Manyong, IITA, Nigeria, J G Kling, Oregon State University, USA, et al 9: Impacts of genetic improvement in sorghum, U K Deb and M C S Bantilan, ICRISAT, Andhra Pradesh, India 10: Impacts of genetic enhancement in pearl millet, M C S Bantilan and U K Deb, ICRISAT, Andhra Pradesh, India 11: The impact of international and national investment in barley germplasm improvement in the developing countries, A Aw-Hassan, ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria and K Shideed, IPA Agricultural Research Center, Iraq, et al 12: The impact of CIAT’s genetic improvement research on beans, N L Johnson, D Pachico, CIAT, Cali, Colombia, et al 13: Economic impact of international and national lentil improvement research in developing countries, K Shideed, IPA Agricultural Research Center, Iraq, A Aw-Hassan, ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria, et al 14: Impacts of genetic improvement in groundnut, M C S Bantilan, U K Deb and S N Nigam, ICRISAT, Andhra Pradesh, India 15: Potato genetic improvement in developing countries and CIP’s role in varietal change, T Walker, CIP, Lima, Peru, Y P Bi, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China, et al 16: The impact of IARC genetic improvement programs on cassava, N L Johnson, CIAT, Cali, Colombia, V M Manyong, IITA, Nigeria, et al Part III: Country Studies 17: Objectives and methodology for country studies, R E Evenson 18: The impact of investments in agricultural research on total factor productivity in China, S Rozell, S Jin, University of California, USA, et al 19: Crop genetic improvement impacts on Indian agriculture, J W McKinsey, North Easton, MA, USA and R E Evenson 20: Brazil, A F D Avila, EMPRAPA, Brazil, R E Evenson, et al Part IV: Synthesis 21: Modern variety (MV) production: A synthesis, R E Evenson 22: Production impacts of crop genetic improvement (CGI), R E Evenson 23: The economic consequences of CGI programs, R E Evenson and M Rosegrant, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, USA

Reviews

"This volume, the result of a symposium held in 1996, attempts to address the economic importance of plant genetic resources (PGRs) to improved crop productivity, an historically difficult task. . . .The book makes a sound attempt to unravel the economic contribution of PGRs to crop improvement and finds that its contribution is large. . . .Anyone concerned with PGRs and the economic impact they have on agriculture will find useful information in this book." -- The Quarterly Review of Biology