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• The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report “World Agriculture: Towards 2015/2030” was referenced for this research.

• An outline of a forthcoming 2008 World Bank report on agriculture and development was obtained for this research.

• In-person interviews with Peter Timmer at the Center for Global Development, Michael Hage at the Food and Agriculture Organization, and Todd Benson and Shenggen Fann at the International Food Policy Research Institute were conducted prior to the development of this article.

• An opinion column about Dr. Norman Borlaug is available from the Wall Street Journal.

• An FAO study provides more information on crop diversification among smallholder farms in Guatemala.

• More recommendations on public investments in agriculture are available in the IFPRI report “The Family Farm in a Globalizing World.”

• In FAO’s State of Food Insecurity report for 2004, the organization analyzes the threats and opportunities offered by the spread of modern retail in developing countries.

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