ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses remarks to conditions for more rapid development of agriculture in the developing countries. The slower growth of per capita food production in the developing countries should not lead to the conclusion that agriculture has stagnated. Most of the differences that one can see among countries in the rate of their agricultural development reflect the effects of internal policies, events, and programs. The substantial successes that have been achieved by the institutes should not gloss over some important limitations of our agricultural research institutions. Limitation is the relative paucity of quality agricultural research institutions in the developing nations. Each agricultural and climatic region has its own peculiar problems that require adaptations of crop varieties to take advantage of local conditions and to solve problems that may be local in nature, such as controlling diseases and insects. The contribution of the food insurance proposal to more rapid agricultural development would be modest.
