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The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development (IAASTD) has taken a realistic look at the problem of feeding the world through an unprecedented three-year collaborative effort that involved more than 400 authors in 110 countries at a cost of more than $11 million. This project utilized the latest scientific assessment techniques to report on the advancements and setbacks of the past fifty years and to set the agricultural agenda for the next fifty years. The results of the project are contained in seven reports: a Global Report, five regional Sub-Global Assessments, and a Synthesis Report.

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This week, IAASTD launched this critical series in the US and Professor Robert Watson, director of the IAASTD Secretariat, spoke alongside Professor Shelley Feldman of Cornell University and Mary Hendrickson, director of University of Missouri Extension Food Circles Networking Project.  Together, they discussed how current agriculture practices will lead to catastrophic environmental and social outcomes and the need for addressing food security concerns across the globe.

» Listen to audio of the event here.

» View Professor Watson's powerpoint here.

» US Press Release here

» India Press Release

» Nairobi Press Release

Synthesis Report	Paper: $20.00
Global Summary for Decision Makers	Paper: $95.00 Cloth: $125.00
Volume I: Central and West Asia and North Africa	Paper: $65.00 Cloth: $95.00
Volume II: East and South Asia and the Pacific	Paper: $65.00 Cloth: $95.00
Volume III: Latin America and the Caribbean	Paper: $65.00 Cloth: $95.00
Volume IV: North America and Europe	Paper: $65.00 Cloth: $95.00
Volume V: Sub-Saharan Africa	Paper: $65.00 Cloth: $95.00