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Seed, soil, and science: networking for sustainable maize farming in Central America and the Caribbean
(CIMMYT, 1994)
The Regional Maize Program (Programa Regional de Maíz, or PRM) A networks of maize researchers from nine countries and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in Mexico. With funding and guidance from ...
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Benh hai cay bap: sach huong dan xac dinh benh ngoai dong
(CIMMYT, 1984)
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The genetics and exploitation of heterosis in crops: an internacional symposium
(CIMMYT, 1997)
Welcome to the "International Symposium on the Genetics and Exploitation of Heterosis in Crops." Heterosis has significantly increased the productivity and quality of major crops in our century, contributing additional ...
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Maize technology in Malawi: a green revolution in the making?
(CIMMYT, 1995)
This case study of technical change in maize production in Malawi seeks to answer the question of whether the diffusion of improved maize seed and fertilizer among Malawian smallholder farmers will create the sharp yield ...
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Maize production practices in Paraguay: survey findings and implications for research
(CIMMYT, 1995)
Data collected through a survey of 252 rural households support the conventional wisdom that maize in Paraguay is grown by many different categories of producers, ranging from small-scale semisubsistence farmers to large-scale ...
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Suwan-1: maize from Thailand to the world
(CIMMYT, 1993)
The CIMMYT Maize Program is committed to helping national programs develop and disseminate improved germplasm and production technology. Our contributions are well documented; our work could be deemed a success story. This ...
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Chartbook of maize in Pakistan and AJK 1989
(CIMMYT; PARC, 1990)
This chartbook was prepared as a background document to the 4th Asian Regional Maize Workshop, 22-27 September, 1990. It summarises in chart form, the recent situation with respect to 'kharif (summer) maize in Pakistan and ...
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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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The economics of quality protein maize as an animal feed: case studies of Brazil and El Salvador
(CIMMYT, 1992)
This study examines the potential of quality protein maize (QPM) as an animal feed ingredient in Brazil and EI Salvador. The minimum ingredient cost of pig and chicken feed with and without QPM and the optimal level of the ...
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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 ...