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Gordon Conway

Researcher at Imperial College London

Publications -  49
Citations -  9289

Gordon Conway is an academic researcher from Imperial College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Agriculture & Green Revolution. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 49 publications receiving 8904 citations. Previous affiliations of Gordon Conway include University of California, Davis & Rockefeller Foundation.

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Sustainable rural livelihoods: Practical concepts for the 21st century

TL;DR: The concept of sustainable rural livelihoods as discussed by the authors is based on capability, equity, and sustainability, each of which is both end and means, and is defined as: "a livelihood comprises people, their capabilities and their means of living, including food, income and assets".
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The properties of agroecosystems

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used selected examples from agricultural history, including the origins of agriculture, manorial and modern western agriculture, and the Green Revolution in Indonesia, as combined criteria for evaluating the performance of agricultural development programs and projects.
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Climate change and Africa

TL;DR: The impact of climate change on Africa is likely to be severe because of adverse direct effects, high agricultural dependence, and limited capacity to adapt as discussed by the authors, and the role of government is primarily to provide the information, incentives, and economic environment to facilitate such changes.
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After the Green Revolution. Sustainable agriculture for development.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a development indicators of agricultural performance international constraints national policies farms and livelihoods, and proposed a framework for agricultural performance indicators of agriculture performance international constraint.
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The Doubly Green Revolution: Food for All in the 21st Century

Gordon Conway
TL;DR: The year 2020 a doubly green revolution past successes food production and poor food production trends and pollution trends and priorities designer plants and animals sustainable agriculture partnerships controlling pests replacing nutrients managing soil and water conserving natural resources achieving food security after the World Food Summit.