?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=Research+Bulletin+no.18&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F1015%2F&rft.title=Inter-Center+Collaboration+at+the+ICRISAT+Sahelian+Center+&rft.creator=Sivakumar%2C+M+V+K&rft.creator=Renard%2C+C&rft.creator=Bationo%2C+A&rft.creator=Powell%2C+J+M&rft.creator=Weber%2C+J&rft.creator=Goli%2C+A+E&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=Sustainable+agriculture+to+feed+the+growing+populations+in+West+Africa+has+become+an+issue+of+major+concern.%0D%0AImproved+management+of+natural+resources+is+necessary+to+effect+long-term+gains+in+productivity.+This+requires+the%0D%0Aadoption+of+more+integrated+approaches+to+agricultural+production+that+consider+the+coexistence+and+dependence%0D%0Aof+man%2C+trees%2C+crops%2C+and+livestock.+Various+aspects+of+the+strategic%2C+applied%2C+and+adaptive+research+of+six+international%0D%0Aagricultural+research+centers+(IARCs)+and+the+International+Fertilizer+Development+Center+(IFDC)+at+the%0D%0AICRISAT+Sahelian+Center+(ISC)+in+Niger+that+aim+to+improve+the+productivity+of+the+millet-based+cropping+systems%0D%0Aare+described.+ICRISAT+coordinates+this+ecoregional+activity+in+effective+partnership+with+the+appropriate+national%0D%0Aagricultural+research+systems+(NARS)+established+through+network+mechanisms+already+operational+within+each%0D%0AIARC.+Results+of+the+past+decade's+cooperative+activities+are+presented.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=1994&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F1015%2F1%2FRA_00251.pdf&rft.identifier=++Sivakumar%2C+M+V+K+and+Renard%2C+C+and+Bationo%2C+A+and+Powell%2C+J+M+and+Weber%2C+J+and+Goli%2C+A+E++(1994)+Inter-Center+Collaboration+at+the+ICRISAT+Sahelian+Center.++Documentation.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics.+++++&rft.relation=Research+Bulletin+no.18