ABSTRACT
V. Ruttan and Y. Hayami have defined three states of the process of international technology transfer: material transfer, design transfer, and capacity transfer. Although international agencies had been actively aiding Third World countries in agricultural development since 1945, the increasingly threatening food situation provided an additional impetus to development assistance. Several national, international, and private agencies were involved in the process of developing new cereal technology, initially more or less independently. In the case of rice the varieties released by the International Rice Research Institute, which was established in 1960, have been widely adopted and crossed with local varieties in national programs throughout South and Southeast Asia. A new development in international support to agricultural research suggests that the challenge is being recognized and given higher priority. National institutions in developing countries could also collaborate with each other, and with international centers or institutions in developed countries, in supporting training.
