Index

Page references followed by f, t, and b indicate figures, tables, and boxes, respectively.

A
Adaptation, 143, 143t
Aga Khan Rural Support Project, 183
Aging population, 10, 117
Agrarian reform, history of, 46, 46b
Agreement on Agriculture (AoA), 72
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights. See TRIPS
agreement
Agrichemicals. See also Fertilizers; Herbicides;
Pesticides
contamination from, 7
effect of increased use of, 19
Green Revolution and, 47
groundwater contamination and, 8
high-yield varieties and, 24
human health and, 52
rice breeding programs and, 27
Agricultural biodiversity
farmers’ rights and, 47, 64, 85–87
indigenous knowledge and, 89
loss of, 53
overview of, 6–7
rice breeding programs and, 27
trends in as driver, 134
Agricultural labor. See also Employment;
Feminization of agriculture
demographic drivers and, 113
HIV/AIDS and, 13
importance of employment in, 20
migration and, 12
overview of, 2, 10–11, 11f
trade and, 64, 104
AgroBiotechnology, 138–39
Agroecology, overview of, 3–4
Agroforestry, 5, 8, 32–33, 82, 146
Anemia, 49–50
Animal welfare, 102
Anti-dumping measures, 63, 66, 75–78
AoA. See Agreement on Agriculture
APEC. See Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
APIA Convention. See Convention on
Conservation of Nature in the South
Pacific
APOP. See Mexican Agricultural Products
Options Program
APRN. See Asia Pacific Research Network
Aquaculture
advances in, 19, 171
environment and, 53
mangroves and, 31
organic, 169–70
organic farming and, 36

 

overview of, 5, 34–35
rice-fish systems and, 172
trade and, 97–99
Arbor Acres Company, 38
Argentina, 95–96, 102
Arhar, 135
Artificial insemination, 102
ASEAN Agreement. See Association of
Southeast Asian Nations
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), 129
Asia Pacific Research Network (APRN), 131
Asian Development Bank, 119, 121f, 129
Asian Farmers Group for Cooperation, 70
Asian financial crisis, 13, 20, 70, 127
Asian Monetary Fund, 129
Asian Vegetable Research and Development
Centre (AVRDC), 137
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN), 2, 6, 127, 129, 130
Australia, 28–29, 68, 76–77, 129
Avian influenza, 6, 9, 13, 54, 165
Avoided deforestation, 106–7
AVRDC. See Asian Vegetable Research and
Development Centre

B
Bangladesh Grameen Communications, 56
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee
(BRAC), 42
Barriers, trade, 2, 64, 72–75, 73t, 160, 189
Bay of Bengal Initiative for MultiSectoral
Technical and Economic Cooperation
(BIMSTEC), 129
Benefit-sharing, 84–85
Benguet State University, 139
Bilateral Swap Arrangement, 129
Bilateral trade agreements, 129–30, 188–89,
189f
BIMSTEC. See Bay of Bengal Initiative for
MultiSectoral Technical and Economic
Cooperation
Biodiesel, 146, 147
Biodiversity, 47, 84, 146, 169, 174. See also
Agricultural biodiversity
Bioelectricity, 146
Bioenergy, 145–46, 145t, 164. See also Biofuels
Biofuels, 29, 64–65, 107, 113–14, 145t,
146–47, 164
Biomass, 145, 146
Biopesticides, 25, 48, 68, 86, 95, 139, 168, 173–74
Biopiracy, 84, 86, 187
Bioplastics, 135
Bioprospecting, 88

 

Biosafety, 2, 96, 103–4, 175–76. See also
Sanitary and phytosanitary standards
Biotechnology. See also Genetically modified
organisms
climate change and, 143t
effects of, 47–48, 48t
intellectual property rights and, 83, 85, 86,
87–88
livestock and, 102
opportunities in, 135
overview of, 40
private investment in, 136
trade and, 95–96
trends in as driver, 138–39
Bird flu, 6, 9, 13, 54, 165–66
BRAC. See Bangladesh Rural Advancement
Committee
Brazil, 87, 102, 107
Breadfruit systems, 33
Breeding programs, 34, 98, 102, 171–72. See
also Plant breeding
Bretton Woods Conference, 79
Bt crops. See Biopesticides
Buckeyballs, 175
Buffer stocks, 79–81. See also Price stabilization
measures
Bycatch, 98

C
CAHP. See Commercial animal and plant health
protection
Cairns countries, 67
Canada, 76–77, 95
Capacity enhancement, innovation and, 184–
86, 185f
Capital gains, migration and, 12
Carbon emissions, 64–65, 105, 163
Carbon sequestration, 32, 49
Carbon taxes, 105–6
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 64, 85, 103–4, 134
Cassava, 81, 188
CDM. See Clean Development Mechanism
Centralized extension services, 37
Cereal production. See also Maize; Rice
production; Wheat
breeding programs and, 24
climate change and, 144
food security and, 69
Green Revolution and, 170
improvements in, 19
overview of, 13–14, 26, 26f, 27f
population growth and, 124–25, 125t
trends in as driver, 120, 122f, 142–43

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