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Conference Proceedings
Acciones para impulsar la labranza de conservación en maíz el la Región de Azuero
(CIMMYT; IDIAP; PRM; Universidad de Panama, 1999)
La preocupación sobre la conservación de los recursos naturales en general, y del suelo yagua en particular, ha estimulado la búsquedas de nuevas formas de incrementar la adopción y difusión de tecnologías que contribuyan ...
Book
Los cultivos de cobertura en la agricultura en laderas: Innovación de los agricultores con Mucuna
(CIMMYT; CATIE; IDRC, 1999)
Los agricultores del norte de Honduras están a la vanguardia de un significativo avance en la agricultura en laderas. Por más de 20 años, calladamente han desarrollado una agresiva leguminosa trepadora llamada frijol ...
Conference Proceedings
Memoria: la adopción de tecnologías. La perspectiva del agricultor y sus implicaciones para la elaboración de políticas
(IICA; CIMMYT; PRM; PROFRIJOL; PASOLAC, 1999)
La creciente importancia de la conservación del medio ambiente en la región centroamericana, ha llevado en los últimos 15 años a que las instituciones encargadas de la generación y transferencia de tecnologías pongan un ...
Book
Twenty-five years of research on women farmers in Africa: lessons and implications for agricultural research institutions -- With an annotated bibliography
(CIMMYT, 1999)
Based on an extensive review of the literature on women farmers in Africa, this paper explores the potential reasons why women farmers have not adopted improved maize technologies and discusses the implications for ...
Book
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 ...
Report
Adoption and impacts of improved maize production technology: a case study of the Ghana Grains Development Project
(CIMMYT, 1999)
This report, one of a series of adoption case studies coordinated by the Impacts Assessment and Evaluation Group (IAEG) of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), examines the adoption by ...
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
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 ...
Book
Using economics to explain spatial diversity in a wheat crop: examples from Australia and China
(CIMMYT, 1999)
Spatial diversity indicators may serve an important function for policymakers as they seek to manage crop genetic diversity and potential externalities associated with diffusion of some types of genetically improved crops. ...