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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. ...
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Chimanga cha makolo, hybrids, and composites: an analysis of farmers' adoption of maize technology in Malawi, 1989-91
(CIMMYT, 1991)
This paper profiles farmers' adoption behavior and varietal choices with respect to local and improved maize technologies (variety, fertilizer application, and other agronomic practices) in three agroeconomic zones of ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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The economic returns to institutional innovations in national agricultural research: on-farm research in IDIAP Panama
(CIMMYT, 1983)
The paper presents a method for analyzing the returns to investment in on-farm research. It then applies the method to a location-specific maize research program in Caisan, Panama. The results show a rapid adoption of the ...
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Institutional innovations in national agricultural research: on-farm research within IDIAP (Instituto de Investigacion Agropecuaria de Panama), Panama
(CIMMYT, 1983)
This paper describes recent IDIAP experiences in implementing on-farm research methodologies. This first project, developed with CIMMYT's cooperation, is described in detail, with emphasis on links between diagnostic/experimental ...
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Recolección de datos, selección de sitios y participación del agricultor en la experimentación de fincas
(CIMMYT, 1982)
Esta publicacion incluye sugerencias para mejorar la recoleccion de datos en la experimentacion en; fincas. La fase experimental de la investigacion en fincas puede proporcionar informacion valiosa ademas de datos agronomicos. ...
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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 ...
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Creando un programa de investigacion a nivel de finca en el Ecuador
(CIMMYT, 1983)
Este documento registra el uso de la investigacion cooperativa en fincas para el desarrollo de una mayor tecnologia en maiz para los agricultores representativos de la region andina. Asimismo incluye la descripcion del ...
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Dominios de recomendación: un marco de referencia para la investigación en fincas
(CIMMYT, 1984)
Esta publicacion presenta una minuciosa revision del concepto del dominio de recomendacion y describe el empleo del concepto en las distintas fases de la investigacion en fincas. Ademas da ejemplos de como se usan los ...