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N°45 - July-August 2008

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Health, Continental biodiversity and plants improvement, Water and soil ressources, Human and social sciences - Ethiopia, Niger, Zimbabwe, Senegal, Mali

August 2008

Michel Griffon, agronomist and economist, Deputy Director General of the French National Research Agency (ANR), goes over the causes of the food crisis. He suggests a set of measures to meet the food security challenges and gives a broad outline of the types of agriculture that should be made priorities in the developing countries.

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