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Staub, William J.; Blase, Melvin G. – Science, 1971
Examines the nature, application, limits and potential of applied genetics in plant breeding as a factor in South Asian agricultural development. Concludes other factors were also present in recent agricultural growth, and indicates some economic implications of continued growth, including problems of employment of displaced rural workers. (AL)
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Developing Nations, Economics, Employment Patterns
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Holden, Constance – Science, 1991
Discussed is research about trends in the pool of Ph.D. scientists in the United States. A position is presented that the expansion of the pool has bred a decline in the quality of the pool. (CW)
Descriptors: Demand Occupations, Doctoral Degrees, Economics, Educational Trends