1. Can the quality of scientific training and research in Africa be improved?

   • Thomas O. Eisemon
   • Charles H. Davis

   Articles Pages: 1 - 26

2. The status of academic research in the Federal German Republic: A report on two surveys and the testimony of individual scientists

   • Heinz Maier-Leibnitz
   • Christoph Schneider

   Articles Pages: 27 - 60

3. The origins of the International Rice Research Institute

   • Robert S. Anderson

   Articles Pages: 61 - 89

4. Notes on science, technology and science education in the development of the south

   • Abdus Salam

   Reports and Documents Pages: 90 - 108

5. Book reviews

   • J. W. Grove
   • R. C. Curtis

   BookReview Pages: 109 - 130