This chapter describes the importance of emergency planning in partnership, the benefits to responding organizations of working in partnership, and the benefits to people caught up in an emergency if organizations work in partnership. It also identifies the key partner organizations for health...

The implementation of transgenic insects as components of pest management systems depends on the economic viability of the process in individual cases. The use of radiation-induced sterility in the sterile insect technique (SIT), inundative biological control releases and live vaccine baits provide ...

During the past 15 years, significant investments have been made in the development and promotion of orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) varieties in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) due to their high β-carotene contents and thus, their potential to contribute towards reducing vitamin A deficiency. As the...

A functioning health system is crucial ucial for maternal health programmes to achieve their goals of improving maternal and perinatal health. The six essential building blocks of a health system are service delivery, health workforce, information, equipment and supplies, financing and leadership...

This chapter reviews the available evidence on trends in private agricultural research in developing countries. It then uses economic logic and the available evidence to examine the determinants of benefits from and costs of research. The chapter concludes that private research in developing...

This chapter draws from available literature as well as from a few African case studies to lay out the main issues and to suggest some lessons that may be useful to policy makers in implementing producer funding of agricultural research. Economic arguments for and against producer funding are...