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Analysis of participatory research projects in the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
(CIMMYT, 2006)
Through a survey of scientists from the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in 2004, this study assessed the extent to which participatory methods had been used by the center, how they were perceived ...
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Impacts of international research on intertemporal yield stability in wheat and maize: an economic assessment
(CIMMYT, 2006)
Critics of modern maize and wheat varieties (MVs) have suggested that, in developing countries, yields of these varieties vary more from season to season than yields of farmers’ traditional varieties, thereby exposing ...
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Impacts of international wheat breeding research in the developing world, 1988-2002
(CIMMYT, 2005)
The third in a series of global studies, this report (covering 1988-2002) documents the adoption and diffusion of modern wheat varieties in the developing world and assesses the benefits generated by international wheat ...
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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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From agronomic data to farmer recommendations
(CIMMYT, 1988)
This manual presents a set of procedures for doing an economic analysis of on-farm agronomic experiments wich will help in selecting treatments for furter experimentation and for developing farmer recommendations. The ...
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CIMMYT 1990-1991 hechos y tendencias mundiales relacionados con el trigo: la producción de trigo y cebada en ambientes marginales de temporal del mundo en desarrollo
(CIMMYT, 1991)
A synopsis of recent trends in rainfed marginal environments of the developing world is followed by a description of the major wheat and barley farming systems in West Asia North Africa (WANA) and South Asia (the role of ...
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La formulación de recomendaciones a partir de datos agronómicos: libro de ejercicios
(CIMMYT, 1988)
Este libro de trabajo acompafia el manual La formulación de recomendaciones a partir de datos agronómicos, versión totalmente revisada, del Programa de Economia del CIMMYT (1988), y puede utilizarse en el salón de clase o ...
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A conceptual framework for valuing on-farm genetic resources
(CIMMYT, 1998)
This paper proposes a preliminary conceptual framework designed to support strategic decisions about which crop populations-in a well-defined reference area within a crop's center of diversity-are suitable candidates for ...
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Continuous economic analysis of crop response to fertilizer in on-farm research
(CIMMYT, 1992)
This paper proposes a method for building general models based on continuous analysis of data from on-farm research (OFR) in order to derive recommendations for farmers. The data requirements are not excessive for practitioners ...
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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 ...