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someofwhichhavebeenhighlightedbythischapter.hechallengeforthefuture—as
new,diferentissuesemergethatrequiresimilarglobalresponses—willbetodevelop
newdesignsandprocessesthatallowforevenmoreefective,inclusiverelexivegover-
nance that build firmly on these lessons.
Notes
1. hischapterderivesfromearlierworkonthissubject(see:Scoones2008;Scoones2009;
Scoones2010),andwasputtogetherin2011-12.heresearchwasproducedaspartofthe
Citizenship,ParticipationandAccountabilityDevelopmentResearchCentrebasedatthe
InstituteofDevelopmentStudies,UniversityofSussex.Iwouldliketothankcolleaguesin
the“local-global”workinggroup,togetherwithJanAartScholte,forfeedbackonearlier
versionsofthischapter,andtoStephenBiggs,JohnGaventa,MarciaIshii-Eiteman,Janice
Jiggins,BeverlyMcIntyre,ErikMillstone,MarceloSaguier,andRajeshTandonwhopro-
videddetailedcomments.Iwouldalsoparticularlyliketothankthemanypeoplewho
wereinvolvedintheIAASTDprocessindiferentcapacitieswhotooktimetodiscusswith
me.
2. he Nobel Peace Prize 2007. Accessed July 2011. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/
peace/laureates/2007/index.html .
3. WhatIstheInternationalAssessmentofAgriculturalKnowledge,Science&Technology,
IAASTD? Accessed July 2011. http://www.agassessment-watch.org/docs/IAASTD_on_
three_pages.pdf .
4. MeetingsofglobalauthorswereheldinTurkey(November2005),Bangkok(May2006),
CostaRica(November2006),andCapeTown(June2007).Africareportmeetingswere
heldinNairobi(January2006),Dakar(June2006),AddisAbaba(November2006),and
CapeTown(June2007).
5. heformalhostsaretheFoodandAgricultureOrganization,GEF(GlobalEnvironment
Facility), United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Environment
Programme, United Nations Educational, Scientiic and Cultural Organization, the
WorldBank,andtheWorldHealthOrganization.heUKDepartmentforInternational
Development is a significant backer of the assessment.
6. See www.agassessment.org. AccessedJuly2011.
7. Interview,Zimbabwe,2007.
8. Personalcommunication,August2008.
9. SeethethoughtfulcommentaryonthefraughtknowledgepoliticsatplaybyIAASTD
insiderJaniceJiggins(Jiggins2008).
10. Inmakingsuchclaims,ofcourse,thesecommentatorswereoferinganunrelective,alter-
native intermediary position, suggesting that their views were “better” representations of
developing world farmers than those of NGOs.
11. Interview,Zimbabwe,2006.
12. Personalcommunication,August2008.
13. IAASTDtoconductagri-biotechassessment,April7,2006,CropBiotechUpdate, http://
www.isaaa.org/kc .
14. Final Report of the Steering Committee for the Consultative Process on Agricultural
Science and Technology (August 12, 2003). Accessed August 2011. http://www.