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Las industrias de la semilla de maíz en Brasil y México: desempeño anterior, problemas actuales y perspectivas para el futuro
(CIMMYT, 1997)
Este documento describe los resultados de un estudio de los principales factores que afectan el desarrollo de la industria de semilla de maiz en Brasil y Mexico (y, por extension, de otros paises en desarrollo). Los autores ...
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La adopción de la labranza de conservación en un sistema de cultivo en ladera en Motozintla, Chiapas
(CIMMYT, 1997)
Una encuesta realizada en 1994 entre 82 productores que cultivan maiz en las laderas empinadas de Motozintla, Chiapas, proporciono informacion sobre las practicas de cultivo, incluida la adopcion de la labranza de conservacion; ...
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Evaluación campesina del frijol de abono empleado como abono verde en Veracruz, México: experimentación y beneficios esperados
(CIMMYT, 1997)
En este estudio se investigan los factores vinculados con la decision de los agricultores de experimentar con el frijol de abono (Mucuna spp.), un abono verde, como cultivo intercalado con el maiz en tres aldeas de Veracruz, ...
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Rainfed maize production in Mexico: trends, constraints, and technological and institutional challenges for researchers
(CIMMYT, 1992)
This paper reviews trends in rainfed maize production in Mexico over the past several decades, and the experience of lNIFAP/ CIMMYT/ CIRAD on-farm research (OFR) in Mexico's lowland tropics, to evaluate the prospects for ...
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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 ...
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A regional analysis of maize biological diversity in Southeastern Guanajuato, Mexico
(CIMMYT, 1998)
Four environments with contrasting potential for agricultural productivity and infrastructure development were identified in Guanajuato State, Mexico, to test hypotheses about the relationship of maize biological diversity ...
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Farmer management of maize diversity in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico: CIMMYT INIFAP -- 1998 Baseline Socioeconomic Survey
(CIMMYT, 1999)
Descriptive data from the sample survey of households in the study communities enable us to profile the characteristics of: (1) farm households; (2) the maize populations they grow, based on their own descriptors and the ...
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Sustainable improvement of agricultural production systems in the mixteca region of Mexico
(CIMMYT, 2002)
With support from the Conrad N. Hilton and Ford Foundations and in collaboration with three Mexican non-governmental organizations, the CIMMYT Natural Resources Group (NRG) worked with small-scale farmers in the impoverished, ...
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Social relations and seed transactions among smallscale maize farmers in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico
(CIMMYT, 2002)
This paper explores social arrangements associated with seed transactions among smallscale maize farmers in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico, a centre of crop genetic diversity. A formal seed distribution system has ...
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Policy reforms and mexican agriculture: views from the Yaqui Valley
(CIMMYT, 2001)
The overall effects of policy reforms enacted during the 1990s in Mexico on financial and economic profitability ofYaqui Valley agriculture are assessed in this study, which describes the reforms, examines how exogenous ...