implementation by USDA (see Chapter 1, p. 35). Also, 

 proposed additional funding for Section 406 of the 1966 

 Food for Peace Act could be used to support the study 

 of tropical soils at U.S. universities situated in the 

 tropics. And, finally, tropical soils was given 

 priority under Title XII of the Foreign Assistance Act. 



A third measure might be to expand and strengthen 

 the evolving informal international network on the use 

 and management of tropical soils by establishing an 

 international program committee with a small 

 secretariat to foster collaborative activities. 

 Members of the network might include developing country 

 institutions; the international agricultural research 

 centers; developed country institutions such as 

 Institute de Pecherche 1" Agronomique Tropical (IPAT, 

 France), the U.K. Ministry for Overseas Development 

 (ODM) , the Commonwealth scientific and Industrial 

 Research Organization (CSIRO, Australia) , the Ministry 

 of Agriculture and Forestry of Japan; and FAO. 

 Finally, we suggest that the United States 

 encourage the use of interdisciplinary teams in 

 cooperative management programs, and the inclusion in 

 such programs of training, whether formal education or 

 otherwise, for counterpart scientists and technicians. 

 Such programs should be closely tied to academies 

 and/or research institutions in the host country. 



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