Harvest

Documents the fundamental policies underlying the Rockefeller Foundation programs in agriculture. Indicates the increase in basic food crops resulting from 19 years of cooperative technical assistance in Central and South America; shows how concurrent training has developed a group of local scientists fully qualified to take over agricultural research and training. Includes discussions and interviews by scientists of corn and potato research and the cultural and economic forces at work in Mexico and Colombia., Documents the fundamental policies underlying the Rockefeller Foundation programs in agriculture. Indicates the increase in basic food crops resulting from 19 years of cooperative technical assistance in Central and South America; shows how concurrent training has developed a group of local scientists fully qualified to take over agricultural research and training. Includes discussions and interviews by scientists of corn and potato research and the cultural and economic forces at work in Mexico and Colombia.