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The shift in US-China relations since normalization has resulted in an influx of Chinese students and scholars studying at US institutions. This book explores issues - such as China's concern about a 'brain drain' as Chinese students decide to stay in the United States. It explains why data on Chinese students in the United States are elusive.

Focuses on native cereals in Africa, including African rice, finger millet, fonio, pearl millet, sorghum, tef, and other cultivated and wild grains. This book dispels myths, often based on Western bias, about the nutritional value, flavor, and yield of these African grains.

Presents an agenda for research that aims to provide information to formulate policy and design conservation programs in the Third World. This book includes discussions of research needs in the biological sciences, as well as economics and anthropology, areas of critical importance to conservation and sustainable development.

The neem tree, one of the most promising of all plants, may eventually benefit every person on the planet. Probably no other plant yields as many varied products or has as many exploitable by-products. This book aims to marshal the various facts about this species, to help illuminate its future promise, and to speed realization of its potential.