The Development of National Agricultural Research Capacity: India's Experience with the Rockefeller Foundation and Its Significance for Africa

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Previous articleNext article No AccessThe Development of National Agricultural Research Capacity: India's Experience with the Rockefeller Foundation and Its Significance for AfricaUma Lele and Arthur A. GoldsmithUma Lele Search for more articles by this author and Arthur A. Goldsmith Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Economic Development and Cultural Change Volume 37, Number 2Jan., 1989 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/451725 Views: 20Total views on this site Citations: 51Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1989 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Jostein Jakobsen, Ola T. 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