E. Boyd Wennergren

Social Return to U.S. Technical Assistance in Bolivian Agriculture: The Case of Sheep and Wheat

Official U.S. technical assistance to the developing world has been a relatively important social investment in the post-World War II era. Approximately

U.S. Universities and the World Food Problem

4.7 billion was spent between 1949-72 in agriculture, health, and education by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and predecessor agencies (USAID, p. 47). In 1972, USAID allocated

Probability Estimates of Recreation Demands.

103 million to programs in food and agriculture (p. 28), more than 20% of the amount spent on public research programs in U.S. agriculture for the same year (Boyce and Evenson, p. 152). Yet, despite the relative importance of technical assistance and the close involvement of

Agricultural development in Bangladesh

The imponderable now is time. Certainly, it is in short supply if we hope to improve the worlds prospects for food production. The requisite scientific skills that can contribute to greater world agricultural production exist in a uniquely concentrated form in the U.S. universities. Incentives for increased university involvement in technical assistance created by the International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1975 will not become effective until a mechanism which guarantees adequate and long-term funding is established. A continuing dialogue to define the nature and scope of needed reforms is necessary if maximum involvement of U.S. scientists in agricultural technical assistance is to be realized. Such involvement is vital in meeting the food needs of the developing world.