Cover -- Science, Agriculture and Research: A Compromised Participation? -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- THE APPROACH TAKEN -- Chapter 1 What Drives Agricultural Research? -- THE RESEARCH PROCESS AND POLICY - HOW DOES IT ALL WORK? -- THE IMPORTANCE OF FUNDING IN RESEARCH -- WHO ARE THE FUNDING AGENCIES, HOW DO THEY WORK AND WHAT IS THEIR REMIT? -- WHO IS INTENDED TO BENEFIT FROM THE RESEARCH? -- THE PEER-REVIEW PROCESS AND RESEARCH FUNDING -- THE FUNDING AGENCY PANELS AND BOARDS AND WHO INFLUENCES THEM? -- THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND VALUE FOR MONEY -- THE MOVE TO SHORT-TERMISM -- Chapter 2 From Jethro Tull to Grain Mountains: The Origins and Development of Agricultural Research Systems -- A TIME-FRAME OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS SINCE 1700 -- PROBLEMS WITH PRODUCTION -- THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION: A THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE AND ITS APPLICATION -- SCIENCE INTO PRACTICE - EARLY MODELS -- SHIFTING POWER: THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF RESEARCH -- THE POLITICS OF AGRICULTURE - PROTECTION VERSUS IMPROVEMENT -- THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF AGRICULTURE AND THE RESEARCH PROCESS -- CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY -- Chapter 3 Agriculture and the Empire: Transferring Technocracies -- INTRODUCTION -- THE EMPIRE AND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH -- CASE STUDY: NIGERIA -- AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEMS IN NIGERIA -- AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION -- THE CGIAR AND AFRICA'S GREEN REVOLUTION -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 4 Modern Times: Agribusiness and Biotechnology -- TIME-FRAME: 1947-2000 -- FARMING PRIORITIES FOR UK AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH - DECLINING PARTICIPATION -- ROTHSCHILD REPORT -- DETERMINING FUNDING OBJECTIVES -- GUIDANCE FROM FORESIGHT -- CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE EU.

POLITICAL AGENDA OF EU INTEGRATION? -- APPLYING APPLIED SCIENCE -- ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRY INTERACTIONS -- FARMER PARTICIPATION? -- FUTURE - WHAT FUTURE? -- Chapter 5 The Rise (and Further Rise?) of Participation -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ORIGINS OF PARTICIPATION -- AGRO-ECOSYSTEM ANALYSIS -- FARMING SYSTEMS RESEARCH -- RAPID AND PARTICIPATORY APPRAISAL -- CURRENT FRONTS OF PARTICIPATION -- THE FURTHER RISE OF PARTICIPATION? -- PARTICIPATION, RESEARCH AND THE CGIAR -- THE LIMITS OF PARTICIPATION -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 6 A Compromised Participation? -- INTRODUCTION -- THE AGRICULTURAL PROCESS AND THOSE INVOLVED -- THE ROLE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH -- WHO ARE THE PERCEIVED BENEFICIARIES -- WHO FUNDS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH? -- ACCOUNTABILITY -- PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS -- SCIENCE AND SOCIETY -- THE POLITICAL AGENDA OF RESEARCH FUNDERS -- COMPROMISED PARTICIPATION IN OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT -- COMPROMISED PARTICIPATION IN THE UK -- CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- References -- Index.