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  1. Basic Research at or on Behalf of the IARCs by CGIAR Secretariat

    Published 1978
    “…CGIAR Secretariat note on IARC collaboration with advanced research institutions (ARIs) engaged in mission-oriented basic research, and the reliance of IARC applied research on basic research. …”
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  2. Focusing basic research for cassava varietal improvement by Iglesias F., Carlos Ariel, Bonierbale, Merideth W., El-Sharkawy, Mabrouk A., Lozano T., José Carlos, Bellotti, Anthony C., Wheatley, Christopher C.

    Published 1995
    “…Understanding that process will help in focusing the strategy for the development of basic research toward varietal improvement. This review analyzes the potential of genetic improvement as a tool for socio-economic constraints and challenges in cassava production and utilization. …”
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    Conference Paper
  3. Utility of basic research in plant/crop physiology in relation to crop improvement : A review and a personal account by El-Sharkawy, Mabrouk A.

    Published 2006
    “…All this points to the need for steadfast funding of basic research by public and private sectors of developed countries.…”
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    Journal Article
  4. Climate proofing agricultual research investments by Jones, Peter G., Jarvis, Andy, Hyman, Glenn G., Beebe, Stephen E., Pachico, Douglas H.

    Published 2007
    “…The vulnerability of the populations and agricultural systems that use developments from this basic research now places its priority setting in a changing climate and world concept. …”
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    Journal Article
  5. Technical Advisory Committee Eighteenth Meeting, 14-21 February 1978: Draft Report by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

    Published 1978
    “…IARC requirements for basic research had been raised by the 1977 Integrative Report. …”
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    Meeting Report
  6. Research on Grain Legumes by Swaminathan, M.S.

    Published 1971
    “…Swaminathan on the need for intensive basic research aimed at improving and raising the yield ceilings of grain legumes (pulses). …”
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  7. Report and Resolution Proposed by the Grain Legume Subcommittee of the Technical Advisory Committee by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee Grain Legume Subcommittee

    Published 1972
    “…Report of April 1972 meeting of the TAC Subcommittee on Grain Legumes concerning coordination of international research, priorities among particular crops and between applied and basic research, and the need to understand the low yield ceilings of grain legumes relative to cereal grains. …”
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  8. Research on goats: Opportunities and challenges by Devendra, C.

    Published 2000
    “…An assessment of research activities confirms the continuing trend about emphasis on basic research and along disciplinary lines. The importance of shifting research programmes to give more emphasis to applied and adaptive efforts that respond to needs on-farm, based on constraint analyses are emphasised, in which a systems approach and holistic focus is necessary. …”
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    Conference Paper
  9. Development and commercialization of the green muscle biopesticide by Douthwaite, Boru, Langewald, J., Harris, J.

    Published 2001
    “…The need for product “stewardship” or “championing” has long been recognized in the private sector but has been absent from a research world which has attempted, until recently, to separate “upstream” basic research from “downstream” adaptive research and extension. …”
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    Libro
  10. TAC Quinquennial Review of CIMMYT, 1976 by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

    Published 1976
    “…The main issues addressed related to breeding for wide scale adaptation, selection in high input conditions, the role of basic research, training, regional and national activities, forward planning and the role of the economic section.The report was discussed by TAC at its Thirteenth and Fourteenth meetings in May and October 1976, and was on the agenda at the CGIAR meeting in October 1976.…”
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    Evaluation Report
  11. 1977 CGIAR Integrative Report by CGIAR Secretariat

    Published 1977
    “…Under the heading of the future direction of the system, the report considers priorities in the allocation of resources; basic research; technology transfers; and IARC interactions with national agricultural research systems. …”
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    Informe técnico
  12. Wide crosses of Vigna food legumes by Ng, N.Q.

    Published 1992
    “…Studies conducted at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have shown that crossing barriers between V. unguiculata and several African wild Vigna species were due to abortion ofyoung embryos and pollen-pistil incompatibility. With more basic research on reproductive biology and tissue culture, and a larger number of crosses among species and genotypes, there will be a greater chance of success for wide crosses between V. unguiculata and wild Vigna species which possess some very desirable traits for the improvement of this cultivated species…”
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    Book Chapter
  13. Cassava by International Center for Tropical Agriculture

    Published 1989
    “…An advanced cassava research network was established as an effective means for advancing basic research and developing biotechnology applications to cassava. …”
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    Book Chapter
  14. Methodology for the participation of small farmers in the design of on-farm trials by Ashby, Jacqueline A.

    Published 1986
    “…The results show that increased scope for farmer participation produced significant changes in the design of on-farm trials due to important insights into how farmers themselves would evaluate fertilizers, and raised basic research questions about improvements in the technology. …”
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    Journal Article
  15. Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Philippines and the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations to establish the International Rice Research Institute in the Philipp... by International Rice Research Institute

    Published 1959
    “…The MOU states that IRRI would carry out the following activities: ( I ) Basic research on the rice plant and applied research on all phases of rice production, management, distribution, and utilization;(2) Publication and dissemination of the research findings of THE INSTITUTE;(3) Distribution of improved plant materials to regional and international research centers where they might be of signs-cant value in breeding or improvement programs;(4) Development of promising young scientists, primarily from South and Southeast Asia, through a resident training program under the guidance of distinguished scientists;(3 Establishment and operation of an information center and library which will maintain for interested scientists everywhere a collection of the world's literature on rice;(6) Organization of periodic conferences, forums and seminars on current problems and developments in rice research.This MOU was signed on December 9, 1959 by Juan de G. …”
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