Amazonia: Agriculture and Land Use Research (Proceedings of the International Conference)

Agricultural and forestry development in the Amazonian Basin
have significant potential for contributing to economic growth and
improved human welfare in this vast region of South America.
Although national policies concerning colonization and the
bringing of new lands intoproduction vary greatly, the predominant
trend in the Basin is toward accelerated development of frontier
regions. Realization of the Amazonian agricultural potential will
not, however, be an easy task, for experience has demonstrated
numerous technical, social, and economic constraints. It is now well
recognized that there is an urgent need to expand and strengthen
research programs which will generate the much greater knowledge
base necessary to ensure that agricultural development in the
Amazonia is both technically and economically sustainable.
Proceedings of the International Conference sponsored by:
The Rockefeller Foundation
The German Agency for Technical Cooperation, Ltd., GTZ
The Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, CIAT
North Carolina State University, NCSU
The International Center for Research in Agroforestry,
1CRAF.