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Adoption of maize and wheat technologies in Eastern Africa: a synthesis of the findings of 22 case studies
(CIMMYT, 2003)
This paper synthesizes the findings of 22 micro-level studies on technology adoption carried out by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) with national agricultural research systems in Ethiopia, ...
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The impact of conservation tillage on the productivity and stability of maize cropping systems: a case study in Western Mexico
(CIMMYT, 2001)
This paper examines the economics of introducing conservation tillage into existing maize cropping systems in the state of Jalisco, in the western part of Mexico. A stochastic cost-benefit analysis (SCBA) of introducing ...
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Demand and supply of crop infraspecific diversity on farms: towards a policy framework for on-farm conservation
(CIMMYT, 2001)
Interest is increasing worldwide in on-farm conservation as a component of a strategy to conserve crop genetic resources. On-farm conservation may require outside support to small-scale farmers in areas of crop domestication ...
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Farmer plant breeding from a biological perspective: implications for collaborative plant breeding
(CIMMYT, 1999)
Plant breeding by research has become increasingly isolated from the plant breeding of farmers. Collaborative plant breeding (CPB) offers the possibility of bringing these two plant breeding traditions together to increase ...
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Farmer management of maize diversity in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico: CIMMYT INIFAP -- 1998 Baseline Socioeconomic Survey
(CIMMYT, 1999)
Descriptive data from the sample survey of households in the study communities enable us to profile the characteristics of: (1) farm households; (2) the maize populations they grow, based on their own descriptors and the ...
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Using economics to explain spatial diversity in a wheat crop: examples from Australia and China
(CIMMYT, 1999)
Spatial diversity indicators may serve an important function for policymakers as they seek to manage crop genetic diversity and potential externalities associated with diffusion of some types of genetically improved crops. ...
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Farmers' taxonomies as a participatory diagnostic tool: soil fertility management in Chihota, Zimbabwe
(CIMMYT, 1999)
Soil infertility is a major constraint to food production in the communal areas of Zimbabwe. Smalholders in the region recognize the problems of low soil fertility and have devised ways of coping with them. This study ...
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Genetic change in farmer-recycled maize seed: a review of the evidence
(CIMMYT, 1999)
This paper summarizes what is known about farm-level maize seed management practices and reviews the theoretical and empirical evidence regarding the relationship between farmers’ seed recycling practices and the genetic ...
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Sources of productivity growth in wheat: A review of recent performance and medium-to long-term prospects
(CIMMYT, 1999)
Sources of yield growth in wheat are investigated based on a stylized framework of technical change. Evidence suggests that the relative contribution of input intensification to yield growth has diminished in recent years ...
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Changing competitiveness of the wheat sector of Kazakhstan and sources of future productivity growth
(CIMMYT, 1999)
Economic incentives in Kazakhstan have been radically reshaped since the Soviet era ended in 1991. In the first phase of transition, the economy and agricultural sectors declined by 40-50%. Overall economic growth refused ...