What Next for Agriculture After Durban?

J. R. Beddington; M. Asaduzzaman; M. E. Clark; A. Fernández Bremauntz; M. D. Guillou; D. J. B. Howlett; M. M. Jahn; E. Lin; T. Mamo; C. Negra; C. A. Nobre; R. J. Scholes; N. Van Bo; J. Wakhungu

doi:10.1126/science.1217941

Policy ForumAgriculture

What Next for Agriculture After Durban?

J. R. Beddington1,*,
M. Asaduzzaman2,
M. E. Clark3,
A. Fernández Bremauntz4,
M. D. Guillou5,
D. J. B. Howlett6,
M. M. Jahn7,†,
E. Lin8,
T. Mamo9,
C. Negra10,
C. A. Nobre11,
R. J. Scholes12,
N. Van Bo13,
J. Wakhungu14

¹Government Office of Science, UK.
²Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies.
³Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia.
⁴Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico.
⁵INRA, French National Institute for Agricultural Research.
⁶UK Department for International Development and University of Leeds, UK.
⁷University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
⁸Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
⁹Ministry of Agriculture, Ethiopia.
¹⁰Secretariat, Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change.
¹¹Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Brazil.
¹²Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa.
¹³Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Science.
¹⁴African Center for Technology Studies, Kenya.

↵†Author for correspondence. E-mail: mjahn{at}wisc.edu

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Science 20 Jan 2012:
Vol. 335, Issue 6066, pp. 289-290
DOI: 10.1126/science.1217941

J. R. Beddington

1Government Office of Science, UK.

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M. Asaduzzaman

2Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies.

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M. E. Clark

3Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia.

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A. Fernández Bremauntz

4Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico.

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M. D. Guillou

5INRA, French National Institute for Agricultural Research.

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D. J. B. Howlett

6UK Department for International Development and University of Leeds, UK.

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M. M. Jahn

7University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.

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For correspondence: mjahn@wisc.edu

E. Lin

8Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

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T. Mamo

9Ministry of Agriculture, Ethiopia.

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C. Negra

10Secretariat, Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change.

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C. A. Nobre

11Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Brazil.

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R. J. Scholes

12Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa.

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N. Van Bo

13Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Science.

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J. Wakhungu

14African Center for Technology Studies, Kenya.

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