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Portraits of women working with maize in Mexico
(CIMMYT; CRP, [2015?])
The CGIAR Research Program on MAIZE is an international collaboration between more than 300 partners that seeks to mobilize global resources in maize research and development to achieve a greater strategic impact on ...
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Impact of improved maize germplasm on poverty alleviation: the case of Tuxpeño-Derived materials in Mexico
(CIMMYT, 2005)
This study documents the use of improved maize germplasm by poor small-scale farmers in lowland tropical Mexico and how it contributes to their well-being. To this end, the direct adoption of improved varieties and their ...
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Economic and livelihood impacts of maize research in hill regions in Mexico and Nepal: including a method for collecting and analyzing spatial data using Google Earth
(CIMMYT, 2008)
To fully assess the impact of new technologies on farmers we need to shift the focus of research from ‘crops’ or ‘commodities’ to the impact pathway which links improved crop germplasm and management to household well-being. ...
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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 ...
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The private and public characteristics of maize land races and the area allocation decisions of farmers in a center of crop diversity
(CIMMYT, 1999)
This study uses an approach derived from models of the private and public characteristics of goods to illustrate (1) the overriding importance of variety attributes in farmers' decisions to allocate area among varieties ...
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Farmers' use of improved seed selection practices in Mexican maize: evidence and issues from the Sierra de Santa Marta
(CIMMYT, 1997)
The principal advantage of in situ conservation is that it allows adaptive evolutionary processes to continue in the species that are being conserved. For a cultivated crop species, in situ conservation involves farmers' ...
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Identifying appropriate germplasm for participatory breeding: an example from the central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico
(CIMMYT, 2000)
Identifying the appropriate germplasm to be improved is a key component of any participatory breeding effort because of its implications for impacts on social welfare and genetic diversity. This paper describes a method ...
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Intensifying maize-based cropping systems in the Sierra de Santa Marta, Veracruz
(CIMMYT, 1996)
This paper focuses on intensifying maize-based cropping systems in the Sierra de Santa Marta Region of Veracruz, Mexico. Following a description of the study area, the paper examines the historical forces that have shaped ...
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Genetic diversity and maize seed management in a traditional Mexican community: implications for in situ conservation of maize
(CIMMYT, 1996)
Results from a study of maize varieties and seed sources in a traditional community in Mexico raise questions about the relevance of models for in situ conservation of crop genetic resources that are based on geographical ...
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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 ...