ABSTRACT
It is a very great privilege to present the closing synoptic view of the Twenty-Third Conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists. More, the review by J. R. Anderson and R. W. Herdt in the 1988 International Association of Agricultural Economists Conference in Buenos Aires about the state of our technology generation for agriculture provided an excellent summary of the range of work to date, primarily under the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research but also by the National agricultural research systems. The Presidential Address systematically reviewed each region of the world, exploring the resource constraints and opportunities, prospects for improvements in food security, the role of technology in these issues and the causality between food security and trade liberalization. The chapter draws linkages to other topics, including food security, trade, technology, environment and diversification. The only diversification policy objective noted is that of market and product expansion or development in response to trade liberalization.
