This directory is a result of one of the important decisions of the Ministerial Meeting on Food Production and Rural Development held in London in March 1975. In their search for practical methods of accelerating the pace of improving the nutrition, purchasing power and, therefore, the quality of life of the vast number of rural dwellers in the Commonwealth, the Ministers recognized the need for many more trained people in the developing Commonwealth and agreed that reliable and up-to-date information about education and training facilities in the fields of agriculture and rural development in the Commonwealth should be brought together in a single publication to facilitate maximum utilization.