This volume brings together research on development in three major areas of contemporary global relevance‎:‎ agriculture and food security‎,‎ energy‎,‎ and the institutions of national innovation‎.‎ Covering six of the largest emerging and developing economies ‎(‎EDEs‎)‎ in the world‎,‎ three Asian ‎(‎China‎,‎ India and Malaysia‎)‎‎,‎ two Latin American ‎(‎Brazil and Mexico‎)‎‎,‎ and one African ‎(‎South Africa‎)‎‎,‎ the book offers insights on how the major EDEs have addressed the complex and increasingly interrelated issues of agricultural growth‎,‎ food security and access to energy as part of their growth and development experience over the last three decades‎.‎ Underscoring the broader view of institutions of national innovation capacities‎,‎ the volume presents the role of domestic policy and macroeconomic fluctuations in shaping the innovation capacities and development policy in these countries‎.‎The book is divided into three main parts‎.‎ Part I addresses agriculture and food security‎,‎ while Part II focuses on the energy sector‎,‎ including the importance of clean energy and e‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎