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Book
New wheat varieties and the small farmer
(CIMMYT, 1982)
The distribution of the benefits of new agricultural technologies is the subject of continuing controversy, especially following the widespread adoption of new wheat and rice varieties in developing countries over the last ...
Book
La investigación y la extensión sobre el manejo de cultivos: los productos y sus efectos en la productividad
(CIMMYT, 1993)
Este estudio presenta una metodología (en cinco pasos) para evaluar los efectos de la información y las tecnologías generadas por un programa de investigación sobre el manejo de cultivos (IMC). Se demuestra la tecnología ...
Research Report
The global wheat improvement system: prospects for enhancing efficiency in the presence of spillovers
(CIMMYT, 1999)
Through the global analysis and country-level case studies, this report analyzes the efficiency of investments in wheat improvement research at a disaggregated level and explores a range of options for restructuring research ...
Working Paper
The rate and sequence of adoption of improved cereal technologies: the case of rainfed barley in the Mexican Altiplano
(CIMMYT, 1982)
In efforts to understand the process of agricultural develoµtent, economists and other social scientists have invested substantial resources in literally hundreds of studies of the adoption of new agricultural technologies. ...
Working Paper
Technical change, productivity, and sustainability in irrigated cropping systems of South Asia: emerging issues in the post-green revolution era
(CIMMYT, 1990)
Recent trends in South Asia's Irrigated cropping systems are analyzed, giving particular attention to systems in which wheat is an important crop. Much of the recent success in increasing food production in South Asia is ...
Working Paper
Farmers' practices, production problems and research opportunities in barley production in the Calpulalpan/Apan valley, Mexico
(CIMMYT, 1980)
Since 1975, CIMMYT's Wheat Training Program has conducted experiments on improved barley, wheat and triticale technologies in farmers' fields in the high valleys of the States of Mexico, Hidalgo and Tlaxcala, Mexico. These ...
Working Paper
Practicas de los agricultores, problemas de produccion y oportunidades para la investigacion en la produccion de cebada en el Valle de Calpulalpan/Apan, Mexico
(CIMMYT, 1980)
Desde 1975, el Programa de Entrenamiento de Trigo viene llevando a cabo experimentos sobre tecnologías mejoradas para la producción de cebada, trigo y triticale en campos de agricultores, en los valles altos de los Estados ...
Book
Technical change and wheat productivity in the Indian Punjab in the post green revolution period
(CIMMYT, 1992)
Major changes in the wheat economy of Punjab State, India, since the Widespread adoption of modern varieties (MVs) in the early 1970s, are summarized from an analysis of trends in micro-level farm data and by using an index ...
Working Paper
Quantifying and valuing the joint production of grain and fodder from maize fields in Northern Pakistan
(PARC; CIMMYT, 1987)
The joint production of grain and fodder from maize fields in much of northern Pakistan has been a subject of long standing, controversy (Byerlee and Hussain, 1986). It has been widely observed that farmers plant maize by ...
Book
Crop management research and extension: The products and their impact on productivity
(CIMMYT, 1992)
This study presents a methodology (in five steps) for assessing the impact of information and technologies generated by a crop management research (CMR) program. The methodology is demonstrated by estimating the return to ...