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Rural Mexico 10 years after the North American free trade agreement: coping with a landscape of changeEl México rural 10 años después de la firma del tratado de libre comercio de América del Norte: enfrentar un panorama de cambio
(CIMMYT, 2004)
On the first day of 1994, Mexican agriculture and farmers' lives were slated to change. That was the day that the North American free trade agreement (NAFTA) came into effect. Signed by the governments of Canada, Mexico, ...
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The economic impact in developing countries of leaf rust resistance breeding in CIMMYT-related spring bread wheat
(CIMMYT, 2004)
This study was undertaken to estimate the economic impact of efforts since 1973 by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) to develop spring bread wheat varieties resistant to leaf rust caused by ...
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Increasing the productivity of underutilized lands by targeting resource conserving technologies-A GIS/remote sensing approach: a case study of Ballia District, Uttar Pradesh, in the eastern gangetic plains
(CIMMYT, 2004)
The Indo Gangetic Plains (IGP) of South Asia, formed by the fluvial action of the Indus and Ganges River systems, is one of the world’s major food grain producing regions. The region supports some of the most densely ...
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Successful community-based seed production strategies
(CIMMYT, 2004)
Designed to address the issues that limit the access of small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa to quality, affordable seed of the crops on which they depend for food security and livelihoods, this collection of articles ...
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Maize in Indonesia: production systems, constraints and research priorities
(CIMMYT, 2004)
Maize is the second most important cereal crop in Indonesia after rice. The demand for maize as food and feed has been steadily increasing. Total national maize production has grown at 4.07% per annum in the last three ...
Handbook
Maize diseases: a guide for field identification
(CIMMYT, 2004)
Intended for field use by agricultural technicians and maize farmers, this pocket-size manual carries descriptions and color photographs for more than 50 fungal, bacterial, viral, and mollicute diseases that affect the ...
Brochure
Food safety: ensuring safe, healthy, nutritious food
(CIMMYT, 2004)
Focusing on food safety, CIMMYT researchers develop experimental maize and wheat varieties that better resist fungal diseases and pests in the field and in storage, as well as cropping and grain storage practices that help ...
Handbook
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A thousand peer-reviewed journal articles from CIMMYT and its collaborators 1966-2002
(CIMMYT, 2004)
The scope of this publication is limited: it covers only journal articles - not conference papers, not book chapters, not newsletters, not theses, not CIMMYT imprints. Thus it represents only part of CIMMYT's published ...
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Seeds of innovation: CIMMYT's strategy for helping to reduce poverty and hunger by 2020
(CIMMYT, 2004)
This publication describes how CIMMYT will reposition itself to meet the needs for agricultural knowledge and technology in developing countries over the next 10-15 years. It highlights major changes that will enable CIMMYT ...