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La conservación de residuos en los sistemas de producción de maíz en Ciudad Guzmán y San Gabriel, Jalisco
(CIMMYT, 1999)
La tecnología de conservación de los residuos del cultivo, mejor conocida como labranza de consevación, brinda la posibilidad de incrementar la productividad y la sustentabilidad de los sistemas agrícolas en zonas con ...
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Labranza de conservación o conservación de residuos? Una evaluación del manejo de los residuos en México
(CIMMYT, 1997)
La clave de la labranza de conservacion es el uso de los residuos como mantillo. Sin embargo, existe mucha confusion en relacion al termino labranza de conservacion, entre otras cosas por poner demasiado enfasis en la ...
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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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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 ...
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An economic analysis of the abonera maize production system in the Atlantic Coast of Honduras
(CIMMYT, 1998)
This paper compares the economics of the abonera maize production system, in which maize is grown in rotation with a green manure crop (velvetbean, mucuna deeringiana), with traditional bush-fallow cultivation of maize in ...
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Farmer assessment of velvetbean as a green manure in Veracruz, Mexico: experimentation and expected profits
(CIMMYT, 1996)
This study explores factors associated with farmers' decision to experiment with velvetbean (Mucuna spp.), a green manure, as a maize intercrop in three villages of Veracruz, Mexico. To asses whether velvetbean might be ...
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The contribution of economic analysis in developing promising research agendas: a maize nitrogen x phosphorus trial in Zimbabwe
(CIMMYT, 1990)
Maize accounts for 70% of Zimbabwe's cereal growing area. Its productivity, particularly in the communal areas, is limited by both soil and moisture constraints. Most soils in communal areas are coarse-textured sands derived ...
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Chimanga cha makolo, hybrids and composites: farmers' adoption of maize technology in Malawi, 1989-90
(CIMMYT, 1992)
During the 1989-90 and 1990-91 cropping seasons, researchers from CIMMYT and the Evaluation Units of the Malawian Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) collected data to profile farmers' adoption behavior and varietal choices, and ...
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Maize adaptive research: achievements and prospects in Southern Africa
(CIMMYT, 1990)
In the last six to eight years, farming systems adaptive research has contributed much to the understanding of maize production constraints on smallholder farms in southern Africa. It has contributed less to the development ...