Series - Publications of international agricultural research centers

Identity area

Reference code

WB IBRD/IDA CGIAR-3160S

Title

Publications of international agricultural research centers

Date(s)

  • 1963 - 1990 (Creation)

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Series

Extent and medium

35.60 linear feet of textual records

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Archival history

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Content and structure area

Scope and content

This series contains publications acquired from international agricultural research centers for the CGIAR CD-ROM publication project Compact International Agricultural Research Library - Basic Retrospective Set (CIARL - BRS). A few publications from the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations, which provide important support for the centers, also are included. Not all of the publications in this series ultimately were reproduced on the CD-ROM.

The purpose of the CD-ROM publication was to provide a resource on agriculture for developing countries. CGIAR solicited the publications from the research centers, the centers made the first selection on relevance to the purpose of the publication, and the CGIAR project staff made the final determinations.

The publications selected include guidelines, instructional manuals, studies, handbook, directories, monographs, annual reports, and proceedings of internal symposia and workshops, among others. Duplicate copies of some of these publications are found in the CGIAR Central Files, particularly in file categories G and H. The publications reflect the state-of-the art of agricultural research at the time they were published. Taken together with the Central Files, they illuminate the research emphases of the centers, showing changing attitudes toward, for example, environmental issues, small farmers, and various species of plants and animals. The series as a whole provides a worldwide overview of agricultural research.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Inserted in some publications were database printouts of bibliographic cataloguing and indexing information and worksheets for database input. These have been destroyed.

Accruals

Accruals are expected.

System of arrangement

Records are arranged alphabetically by the initials of the name of the center and thereunder chronologically.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Records are subject to the World Bank Policy on Access to Information.

Conditions governing reproduction

Publications may be copyrighted by the creating center. For conditions of reproduction for purposes of publishing the CD-ROM, see the contract file for each participating center in the series Compact Int'l Agricultural Research Library project files.

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Finding aids

An inventory list is available here.

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Record sets of each center's publications are held by that center.

Existence and location of copies

Most of the publications are reproduced on the CD-ROM publication... [more - see on-line version]

Related units of description

  • See Records of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research -- Central Files (WB IBRD/IDA CGIAR-4177S).

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Description identifier

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Rules and/or conventions used

Internal World Bank Group Archives rules based on ISAD(G).

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Dates of creation revision deletion

17 October 2002

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