Contents -- In Memoriam -- Foreword -- Stock Taking and New Challenges in Social Research Editors' Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part I: Social Research for Agricultural Policies -- 1 Rites of Entrance and Rights of Citizenship: the Uphill Battle for Social Research in CGIAR -- Perceived Discrepancies -- The Key Concept: Culture in Agri-Culture -- Fostering High-yielding Human Systems: Achievements in Social Research -- Issues in the Institutionalization of Social Research in CGIAR -- Staff Depletion: Diminishing Social Research Capacity -- Interdisciplinary and Autonomous Research Strategies -- Priority Themes for Social Research in CGIAR's Strategy -- Social Research for Policies: How to Overcome Marginalization? -- Linkages: Social Researchers as 'Knowledge-conveyor Belts' -- 2 Agricultural Institutions and Receptivity to Social Research: the Case of the CGIAR -- A Look Back -- Recent Social Research in the CGIAR -- TAC's and External Review Panels' Views about Social Science Research in CGIAR -- The 2000 CGIAR Strategy and Social Research -- The CGIAR Social Research Conference -- Concluding Remarks -- 3 Who are the Social Researchers of the CGIAR System? -- Overview and Methodology -- The Social Researchers: Demographic Profile -- Professional Profile of the Respondents -- Discussion -- Part II: The Insiders' Views: Social Research in the CGIAR System -- 4 Rice for the Poor: the Call and Opportunity for Social Research -- Evolution of Social Science Research at the IRRI -- Contributions of Social Research -- Difficulties and Constraints Facing Social Researchers -- Opportunities for Social Researchers -- 5 Understanding Forests-People Links: the Voice of Social Scientists -- Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management -- Local People, Devolution and Adaptive Collaborative Management of Forests.

Underlying Causes of Deforestation Programme -- Forest Products and People (previously Non-timber Forest Products) -- Organizational Aspects -- In Sum -- 6 Humanizing Technology Development in the Green Revolution's Home -- History of Social Science Research at CIMMYT -- Current Focus of Social Science Research at CIMMYT -- Outlook for Social Science Research at CIMMYT -- 7 Water to Thirsty Fields: How Social Research Can Contribute -- IWMI's Programme Themes: Past and Present -- Role of Social Science Research at IWMI -- Beyond IMT: Institutional Reform Imperatives -- Mainstreaming Gender Issues -- Water and Poverty -- 8 Rootcrops in Agricultural Societies: What Social Research has Revealed -- Social Research Staffing in CIP -- Patterns of Research and Deployment of Social Researchers, 1975-2002 -- Contribution of Social Research to CIP's Research and Innovation Processes -- Breaking New Ground: Social Research 1975-1983 -- Social Research in National Programmes, 1984-1990 -- Regionalization of Social Research, 1991-1996 -- Institutionalization of Social Research Results and Approaches -- 9 Why the 'Livestock Revolution' Requires Research on People -- Two Discordant Staffing Curves -- Social Science Research in ILRAD -- Social Science Research in ILCA -- Social Science Research in ILRI -- A New Strategy for ILRI and the Use of 'Action-research' -- Institutional Change -- 10 Aquatic Resources: Collective Management Patterns and Governance for the World's Fish Wealth -- Theoretical Considerations -- Social Research Programme -- Community Participation and Collective Action -- Community Involvement in Fishery Management in Bangladesh -- Fishery Management in San Salvador Island, Philippines - Organizing Communities -- 11 Tropical Agriculture and Social Research: an Analytical Perspective -- Methods.

A Brief History of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture -- Results and Analysis -- Models of Integrating the Social and Biophysical Sciences -- Theory-led or Practice-led Development of Social Sciences? -- The Trade-off for Social Scientists: a Career in CGIAR or in the Discipline? -- Blurring the Boundaries -- Personalizing or Institutionalizing Social Sciences? -- 12 Dry Areas and the Changing Demands for Social Research -- Evolution of ICARDA's Research Programmes -- Development of Social Science Research at ICARDA -- Evolution of the Social Science Research Programme and Outputs -- Impact of Social Science -- The Way Forward -- 13 Agricultural Biodiversity and How Human Culture is Shaping it -- How Culture and Knowledge underpin Biodiversity in Agriculture and Development -- Ethnobotany and the Social Science of Crop Evolution and Biodiversity -- Role of Social Science in Plant Genetic Resources and the Growth of IPGRI -- Cultural Factors and Crop Genetic Diversity -- Understanding Gender to Empower the Agricultural Biodiversity Decision Makers -- Social and Institutional Research to Support Community-based Biodiversity Management -- 14 Studying Property Rights and Collective Action: a Systemwide Programme -- Background -- Conceptual Framework and Definitions -- Key Findings -- Strengthening Social Research Capacity -- Lessons from Social Research for Programme Governance -- 15 Crafting Food Policy with Social Science Knowledge -- A Historical Perspective -- Property Rights and Collective Action: Social Research on Institutional Issues -- Looking Outside the Box: Gender and Intrahousehold Research -- Research on Safety-net Programmes and Poverty -- Food from Peace Project -- Governance -- A Missed Opportunity to Undertake Cutting-edge Political Analysis -- Social Research on the Policy Process: is it Worth it?.

Lessons: Challenges and Factors Affecting Success -- Some Closing Thoughts -- Part III: The Outsiders' View: Issues, Expectations and Agendas -- 16 Not Just One Best System: the Diversity of Institutions for Coping with the Commons -- The Commons and International Development Research -- Common-pool Resources -- Conventional Theory of Common-pool Resources -- Self-organized Resource Governance Systems in the Field -- On the Origin of Self-governed, Common-pool Resources -- Theoretical Puzzles -- What Kinds of Systems do Appropriators Design? -- Affecting the Characteristics of Users through Boundary Rules -- Affecting the Set of Allowable Actions through Authority Rules -- Affecting Outcomes through Payoff and Position Rules -- Affecting Outcomes through Changes in Information, Scope and Aggregation Rules -- Policies as Experiments -- 17 Social Research and Researchers in CGIAR: an Underused Potential -- Realities: the Context of Accelerating Change -- Paradigms and Practical Theory -- Comparative Disadvantages of the CGIAR System -- Comparative Advantages through Social Researchers -- Methodologies -- Institutional Learning and Change in CGIAR -- Questions, Systems and Directions -- 18 The Rockefeller Foundation and Social Research in Agriculture -- Social Sciences in International Agricultural Research -- The 'Rocky Doc' Programme -- The Future -- 19 A Donor Perspective: Accomplishments, Limitations and Opportunities for Social Research -- Past Efforts -- Shaping Donor Development Policy through Social Research -- Strengthening Social Research and its Role in CGIAR -- Do the Right 'Agents' Spread the Message about the Relevance of Social Research? -- Have Social Researchers Crafted the Right Message? -- How Should Centres Change to Enhance the Success of Social Research?.

20 Seeking Half our Brains: Constraints and Incentives in the Social Context of Interdisciplinary Research -- Status and Rewards for Social Science in the CGIAR: the International Potato Center Experience -- Status and Rewards for Social Science Agriculture Research in the US University -- 21 Roots: Reflections of a 'Rocky Doc' on Social Science in CGIAR -- Introduction to CIAT -- The World Bank and CGIAR: a Brief Comparison -- 22 Social Science Knowledge as a Public Good -- Definitions and Dimensions -- Characteristics of Public Social Science Research -- Funding and Prioritizing Public Social Science Research -- A Broad View of the Landscape for Public Goods -- Some Implications for Social Research in CGIAR -- Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.