In search for more efficient means of getting food, Third World countries are looking at the potentialities of aguaculture. The author suggests that involvement of the community with scientists and engineers should be encouraged by these governments. This would improve food conditions and help the communities organize themselves. (MA)

All countries require an ample supply of water for agricultural and industrial uses. Most have sufficient water supplies, but availability and accessibility vary. With the development of water irrigation systems, health conditions often deteriorate. The author recommends a water management program to control quality and quantity of available…

Major physical and biological processes causing desertification and techniques to alleviate desertification are described. (CP)

The food situation in India is critical. It requires the development of both land and water resources, both of which are largely untapped. Ground water is one undeveloped resource that can help alleviate the irrigation problems facing agriculture. More efficient utilization could free millions of hectares of land for cultivation. (MA)

This article is concerned with the agricultural and economic development of the Sahel, an area characterized by uneven climate. Conditions caused by floods and droughts have necessitated the establishment of water management programs to maintain water quality and quantity. Development of this region is designed to follow environmental conservation…

For thousands of years China has been troubled by droughts and floods. In the past 25 years, the country has worked to alleviate these problems. Numerous water conservation projects requiring the communal efforts of the people have been carried out. Record grain crops have resulted from these projects. (MA)

Until 1968, the supply of water in Peru had been in the control of a few influential families. When this "hacienda" system was finally abolished, the new laws made water more available to all the farmers who could use it for irrigation, and other agrarian purposes. (MA)

Results achieved by researchers in the field of genetic plant engineering are described. However, it is believed that if their efforts were more decentralized, more farmers, especially in developing countries, could benefit and substantial advances made in production. (BL)

Claims that the population problems of Asia can be solved by a change of attitudes, by boosting employment and agriculture, and not by a crusade for birth control. (Editor/JR)

In an interview situation, the former chairman of the Board of Agricultural and Renewable Resources of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences presents some views about the challenge to what he called the next generation of agricultural research. (HM)

Discusses efforts to establish international agricultural information services. The activities and the future of these systems such as the FAO's International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology (AGRIS) are also presented. (HM)