?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F372%2F&rft.title=Towards+a+Grey+to+Green+Revolution+Turning+Adversity+into+Opportunity+A+Compendium+of+Speeches+and+Presentations+by+William+D.+Dar&rft.creator=Dar%2C+W+D&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=William+D+Dar+has+been+Director+General+of+the+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics+(ICRISAT)+near+Hyderabad+in+Andhra+Pradesh%2C+India+since+January+2000.+ICRISAT+is+one+of+sixteen+international+agricultural+research+centers+supported+by+the+Consultative+Group+on+International+Agricultural+Research+(CGIAR).+Prior+to+joining+ICRISAT%2C+he+served+as+Presidential+Advisor+for+Rural+Development%2C+and+as+Acting+Secretary+of+Agriculture+in+the+Philippines+(equivalent+to+Minister+of+Agriculture).+He+has+served+on+the+managing+boards+of+the+Australian+Centre+for+International+Agricultural+Research+(ACIAR)%2C+the+CGIAR's+International+Maize+and+Wheat+Improvement+Center+(CIMMYT)%2C+and+of+ICRISAT.+He+was+Chair+of+the+Asia-Pacific+Association+of+Agricultural+Research+Institutions+(APAARI)%3B+Chair%2C+Coarse+Grains%2C+Pulses%2C+Roots+and+Tuber+Crops+(CGPRT)+Centre+based+in+Indonesia%3B+Executive+Director+of+the+Philippine+Council+for+Agriculture%2C+Forestry%2C+and+Natural+Resources+Research+and+Development+(PCARRD)%3B+and+Director+of+the+Bureau+of+Agricultural+Research+(BAR)+of+the+Philippine+Department+of+Agriculture+(DA).+Dar+received+an+MS+in+agronomy+from+Benguet+State+University+(BSU)+in+La+Trinidad%2C+the+Philippines%2C+and+a+PhD+in+horticulture+from+the+University+of+the+Philippines%2C+Los+Ba%C3%B1os+(UPLB).+He+taught+at+BSU+for+11+years+and+held+the+rank+of+Professor.+He+has+also+received+a+number+of+awards+and+honors%2C+including+Ten+Outstanding+Young+Men+(TOYM)+of+the+Philippines+from+the+Philippine+Jaycees%2C+Outstanding+Young+Scientist+of+the+Year+from+the+National+Academy+of+Science+and+Technology+in+the+Philippines%2C+Crop+Science+Society+of+the+Philippines'+Achievement+Award+for+Research+Management+and+as+Outstanding+Science+Administrator+given+by+the+Philippines+Department+of+Science+and+Technology+(DOST).+He+was+also+recognized+as+a+Distinguished+Alumnus+of+UPLB+and+the+Most+Outstanding+Alumnus+of+BSU.+Since+he+joined+ICRISAT%2C+he+has+been+advocating+a+Grey-to-Green+Revolution+in+the+dry+areas+of+the+developing+world+through+Science+with+a+Human+Face.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F372%2F1%2FCO_0029.pdf&rft.identifier=++Dar%2C+W+D++(2002)+Towards+a+Grey+to+Green+Revolution+Turning+Adversity+into+Opportunity+A+Compendium+of+Speeches+and+Presentations+by+William+D.+Dar.++Documentation.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics.+++++