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Returns to wheat research in Nepal
(CIMMYT, 1992)
An economic surplus approach is used to analyze economic returns to wheat research (primarily breeding) in Nepal. During the past 30 years, investment in wheat research has generated an internal rate of return ranging from ...
Working Paper
The maize subdirector in Paraguay: a diagnostic overview
(CIMMYT, 1990)
The maize sector in Paraguay is going through a period of perplexing changes. Despite recent production gains, average maize yields remain far below those which could be achieved with relatively simple changes in management ...
Working Paper
The maize subsector in Paraguay: a diagnostic overview
(CIMMYT, 1990)
The maize sector in Paraguay s going through a period of perplexing changes. Despite recent production gains, average maize yields remain far below those which could be achieved with relatively simple changes in management ...
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Maize production practices in Paraguay: survey findings and implications for research
(CIMMYT, 1995)
Data collected through a survey of 252 rural households support the conventional wisdom that maize in Paraguay is grown by many different categories of producers, ranging from small-scale semisubsistence farmers to large-scale ...
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Adoption, management, and impact of hybrid maize seed in India
(CIMMYT, 1997)
This paper presents results of a 1995 survey of 864 maize-growing households in six states that account for more than 70% of India's maize area: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. ...
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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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Organization and performance of national maize seed industries: a new institutionalist perspective
(CIMMYT, 1997)
This paper proposes a conceptual framework for analyzing the organization and performance of national maize seed industries. The authors begin by reviewing what several leading economic paradigms have to say about the ...
Working Paper
Maize research, development, and seed production in India: contributions of the public and private sectors
(CIMMYT, 1995)
This paper assesses the relative strengths and weaknesses of India's public and private maize seed industries and examines future options for maize seed industry policies. By 1992, nearly as many maize researchers worked ...
Working Paper
Wheat and barley production in rainfed marginal environments of west Asia and North Africa: problems and prospects
(CIMMYT, 1991)
This report reviews long-term trends in cereal production and consumption in Weat Asia and North Africa (WANA) and describes the main wheat- and barley-based farming systems found in rainfed marginal en vironments of the ...