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Maize in the Mampong-Sekodumasi area of Ghana: results of an exploratory survey
(CIMMYT, 1980)
In cooperation with researchers in many national agricultural research programs, CIMMYT has sought to develop procedures which help to focus agricultural research squarely on the needs of farmers. The process involves ...
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Maize in north Veracruz State, Mexico: farmer practice and research opportunities
(CIMMYT, 1982)
This report exemplifies the short, well-focuses formal survey emphasized in CIMMYT's on-farm research procedures. The survey was done in northern Veracruz, Mexico, where CIMMYT Maize Production Training carries out on-farm ...
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Institutional innovations in national agricultural research: on-farm research within IDIAP (Instituto de Investigacion Agropecuaria de Panama), Panama
(CIMMYT, 1983)
This paper describes recent IDIAP experiences in implementing on-farm research methodologies. This first project, developed with CIMMYT's cooperation, is described in detail, with emphasis on links between diagnostic/experimental ...
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Demonstration of an interdisciplinary approach to planning adaptive agricultural research programmes in the Serenje District, Central Province, Zambia 1978
(CIMMYT, 1981)
In cooperation with researchers in many national agricultural research programs, CIMMYT has sought to develop procedures with help to focus agricultural research squarely on the needs of farmers. The process invo1ves ...
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Investment in agricultural research: some economic principles
(CIMMYT, 1984)
This study aims at providing managers of agricultural research programs in developing countries with some guidelines for research resource allocation. Although various formal models are reviewed, the approach is a pragmatic ...
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Maize food and feed consumption in the developing world
(CIMMYT, 1984)
An analysis of trends in maize use in developing countries are presented. The major causes of current trends in maize consumption in these countries is reviewed. Maize feed use in both producing and importing countries is ...
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Maize production practices and problems in Egypt: results of three farmer surveys
(CIMMYT, 1983)
The results of three surveys of Egyptian maize farmers are reported. Two of the surveys, carried out in different parts of Egypt, describe farmers' practices and circumstances. The third survey monitors an on-farm experimental ...
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Comparative advantage and policy incentives for wheat production in Ecuador
(CIMMYT, 1985)
During the last decade wheat production in Ecuador has decreased sharply at the same time that consumption has been increasing rapidly. As a result wheat imports have grown at 12 percent annually from 1970 to 1982 and ...
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Practicas de los agricultores, problemas de produccion y oportunidades para la investigacion en la produccion de cebada en el Valle de Calpulalpan/Apan, Mexico
(CIMMYT, 1980)
Desde 1975, el Programa de Entrenamiento de Trigo viene llevando a cabo experimentos sobre tecnologías mejoradas para la producción de cebada, trigo y triticale en campos de agricultores, en los valles altos de los Estados ...
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La tasa y la secuencia de adopcion de tecnologias cerealeras mejoradas: el caso de la cebada de secano en el Altiplano Mexicano
(CIMMYT, 1982)
Se analizan los datos de una muestra de agricultores en 1975 y luego en 1980, asi como tambien los resultados de ensayos en fincas para demostrar a) la adopcion gradual de componentes tecnologicos bioquimicos segun los ...