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Proyecto: zonas competitivas de produccion sostenible de maiz en Centro America
(CIMMYT; IICA, 1999)
En el CIMMYT y el PRM hemos pensado que una forma para difundir la metodología y procedimientos a seguir en el Proyecto es ir desarrollando y difundiendo módulos de conceptos y métodos para comentarios y discusión entre ...
Conference Proceedings
Seminario Taller: acciones para impulsar la adopcion de semillas mejoradas de maiz y frijol
(CIMMYT; PRM, 1996)
Como consecuencia de las medidas de política económica aplicadas en casi todos los países latinoamericanos, el nivel de recursos asignados a la generación y transferencia de tecnologías agropecuarias (GTTA) en el sector ...
Book
Maize production and agricultural policies in Central America and Mexico
(CIMMYT, 1999)
This paper reviews trends in maize production and consumption in Central America and Mexico in the context of the political and economic changes taking place in the region since the 1970's. The authors focus on the effects ...
Book
Adoption of maize conservation tillage in Azuero, Panama
(CIMMYT, 1999)
An aggressive research and validation program launched in 1984 in Azuero, Panama, yielded a recommendation advocating zero tillage for maize production. Ten years later, maize farmers in Azuero use , land preparation ...
Book
An economic analysis of the abonera maize production system in the Atlantic Coast of Honduras
(CIMMYT, 1998)
This paper compares the economics of the abonera maize production system, in which maize is grown in rotation with a green manure crop (velvetbean, mucuna deeringiana), with traditional bush-fallow cultivation of maize in ...
Book
Impacts of maize breeding research in Latin America, 1966-97
(CIMMYT, 1999)
This report documents the number and types of maize varieties and hybrids released by public breeding programs between 1966 and 1997, describes the varieties and hybrids marketed by public seed agencies and private companies ...
Book
Analysis of maize production in Honduras: linking census data to environment variables through geographic information systems
(CIMMYT, 1999)
Because data from traditional censuses are not spatially referenced, biophysical information is generally the only type used to define the spatial domains for targeting technologies. Using existing census data for Honduras ...
Conference Proceedings
Latin American maize germplasm regeneration and conservation
(CIMMYT, 1997)
During 1992-96, a collaborative project involving genebanks of 14 countries in Latin America, with economic and/or technical support from USDA under project Noah, the USDA-ARS National Seed Storage Laboratory (NSSL), and ...
Brochure
A sampling of CIMMYT impacts, 1999: new global and regional studies
(CIMMYT, 1999)
CIMMYT and its partners engage in one of the world’s most ambitious humanitarian endeavors: together, we form a global wheat and maize improvement system that seeks to better the lives of millions of poor farmers and ...
Article
Relative performance of testers to identify elite lines of corn (Zea mays L.)
(Consiglio per la Ricerca e la sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Unità di Ricerca per la Maiscoltura, 1998)
Testcross evaluation is used to determine the relative potential of corn (Zea mays L.) lines in a hybrid breeding program. Choice of tester is important for efficient selection among lines for their potential in hybrids. ...