Budget cuts and pests in the paddies
Pests threaten rice in Philippines, China. With food surpluses of last decades, budgets for agricultural improvements were cut drastically as focus shifted to environment. Global network of 14 agriculture/food production research centers lost money for plant-breeding programs, pests and farmer education. For Norman Borlaug's view, click 'See also.'
The New York Times 2008-05-19
Categories: Produce & Plants, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Index: Asian Development Bank, brown plant hopper, Colorado State University, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Green Revolution, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, International Rice Research Institute, James R. Kunder, Jan E. Leach, John Block, Los Baños, Norman Borlaug, Philippines, rice paddies, Robert B. Zoellick, Robert Bertram, Robert S. Zeigler, Ronald Trostle, Thomas Lumpkin, United States Agency for International Development, USDA, World Bank, Yvette Naredo