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Brochure
La capacitación en el CIMMYT: Actividades que enriquecen el conocimiento de los investigadores
(CIMMYT, 2001)
Los investigadores que asisten a nuestros cursos constituyen un factor fundamental para el logro de la seguridad alimentaria en sus paises de origen. Al capacitarlos, el CIMMYT los ayuda a ayudar a los agricuJtores mas ...
Book
Rural Mexico 10 years after the North American free trade agreement: coping with a landscape of changeEl México rural 10 años después de la firma del tratado de libre comercio de América del Norte: enfrentar un panorama de cambio
(CIMMYT, 2004)
On the first day of 1994, Mexican agriculture and farmers' lives were slated to change. That was the day that the North American free trade agreement (NAFTA) came into effect. Signed by the governments of Canada, Mexico, ...
Report
Ten years with NAFTA: a review of the literature and an analysis of farmer responses in Sonora and Veracruz, Mexico
(Congressional Hunger Center; CIMMYT, 2006)
This report reviews recent literature regarding impacts of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA, launched in 1994) on maize and wheat farming in Mexico. A basic overview of maize and wheat production in Mexico ...
Book
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 ...
Conference Proceedings
Modeling temperature response in wheat and maize
(CIMMYT, 2003)
During the workshop “Modeling Temperature Response in Wheat and Maize,” held from 23 to 25 April 2001 at CIMMYT’s headquarters at El Batan, Mexico, participants examined various approaches for modeling temperature effects ...
Annual Report
CIMMYT Annual Report 2007-2008: Science for farmers and a better food future
(CIMMYT, 2008)
After decades of stability, world food prices have jumped more than 80% since 2005. Recent good harvests have brought prices down, but not to pre-2005 levels, and most economists expect food costs to remain at much higher ...
Brochure
Food safety: ensuring safe, healthy, nutritious food
(CIMMYT, 2004)
Focusing on food safety, CIMMYT researchers develop experimental maize and wheat varieties that better resist fungal diseases and pests in the field and in storage, as well as cropping and grain storage practices that help ...
Report
Analisis del contexto y funcionamiento de las instituciones financiadoras, administradoras y operativas de la investigacion agropecuaria en Mexico
(INIFAP; CIMMYT, 2001)
En este documento se analiza el contexto y funcionamiento de las instituciones relacionadas con la investigación agropecuaria en México. En el capitulo II se analizan los principales indicadores del sector agropecuario ...
Conference Proceedings
Molecular approaches for the genetic improvement of cereals for stable production in water-limited environments
(CIMMYT, 2000)
Drought is a major problem for the production of the world’s five principal cereals: maize, wheat, rice, pearl millet, and sorghum. Past and current breeding efforts have met the challenge posed by drought with some success. ...