Such systems and services are listed in 

 publications by the National Science Foundation 

 (1977) , American Society for Information Science 

 (1976), and Information Industry Association 

 (1978) . 



These are listed in The Directory of United Nations 

 Information Systems and Services (United Nations 

 1977) . 



Several international agricultural research 

 institutes have been relatively successful in 

 structuring quite elaborate forms of international 

 collaboration. They take leadership in organizing 

 and providing logistical support for collaborative 

 research projects and other programs involving 

 dozens of nationally-based institutions; they 

 sponsor workshops and symposia on common problems 

 and provide training; and they provide management 

 services for research information and materials. 

 The Consultative Group on International 

 Agricultural Research, established to finance and 

 help coordinate the work of these institutes, now 

 directs the use of almost $90 million annually by 

 11 organizations; funds are contributed by the 

 United States (20 to 25 percent) and 28 other 

 governments, international agencies, and private 

 foundations. 



See Appendix C of the World Food and Nutrition 

 Study (NFC 1977) for a detailed description of the 

 international rice research network and of the role 

 of the international research centers in this 

 network. 



HO 



