Emerging Agri-Tech for Africa and South Asia
reposted from National Academies e-list
January 23, 2007
In the study's first phase, experts from different scientific fields will explore the technological horizon in disciplines ranging from agronomy and genomics to information science, materials science, chemistry, engineering, and other fields, in search of innovations that can promote sustainable crop and animal production in these developing regions of the world. In a second phase, the study will identify steps needed to develop the most promising ideas into field-testable agricultural applications.
Several workshops will be held to gather information and identify synergies between scientific disciplines in and outside of agriculture. The Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources encourages the world's scientific and engineering communities to contribute ideas from the frontiers of their fields that may have beneficial applications for agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Ideas may be sent to banr@nas.edu, Attention: Michael Ma.
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BOARD ON AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
REQUEST FOR INPUT
to a new study on
Emerging Technologies in Agriculture to Benefit Farmers in Africa and South Asia
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded $955,000 to the National Research Council's Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources for a study to identify new scientific knowledge and promising technology with the potential to transform the production capabilities of farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Looking beyond today's proven technologies, the study will focus on identifying emerging innovations to identify the next generation of tools, including those that may be highly uncertain but have the potential to be powerful, and that draw on cutting-edge developments in a broad range of scientific fields.REQUEST FOR INPUT
to a new study on
Emerging Technologies in Agriculture to Benefit Farmers in Africa and South Asia
In the study's first phase, experts from different scientific fields will explore the technological horizon in disciplines ranging from agronomy and genomics to information science, materials science, chemistry, engineering, and other fields, in search of innovations that can promote sustainable crop and animal production in these developing regions of the world. In a second phase, the study will identify steps needed to develop the most promising ideas into field-testable agricultural applications.
Several workshops will be held to gather information and identify synergies between scientific disciplines in and outside of agriculture. The Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources encourages the world's scientific and engineering communities to contribute ideas from the frontiers of their fields that may have beneficial applications for agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Ideas may be sent to banr@nas.edu, Attention: Michael Ma.
