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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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Unification of statistical and economic analysis
(CIMMYT, [1990?])
This is one of a new series of publications from CIMMYT entitled Training Working Documents. The purpose of these publications is to distribute, in a timely fashion, training-related materials developed by CIMMYT staff and ...
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Comparative advantage and policy incentives for wheat production in rainfed and irrigated areas of Mexico
(CIMMYT, 1986)
Increasing demand for wheat products and Mexico's trade and financial situation are placing pressure on expanding domestic wheat production. As expansion in irrigated areas will be limited to yield increases unless wheat ...
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Investment in agricultural research: some economic principles
(CIMMYT, 1984)
This study aims at providing managers of agricultural research programs in developing countries with some guidelines for research resource allocation. Although various formal models are reviewed, the approach is a pragmatic ...
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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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Recent trends in the world cereals economy, with particular emphasis on maize in Sub-Saharan Africa (1961/65 to 1983/87)
(CIMMYT, 1989)
During the past 30 years, important changes have occurred in global supply and demand of the world's four major cereals: wheat, rice, maize, and millet/sorghum. Following a prolonged period of high productivity growth, ...
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Extension of on-farm research findings: issues from experience in Southern Africa
(CIMMYT, 1991)
This paper draws on the experience of on-farm research (OFR) projects in Swaziland and Zambia, in which Training and Visit (T&V) extension methods have been employed. Despite the claims that both OFR and T&V procedures ...
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Land prices, land rents, and technological change: evidence from Pakistan
(CIMMYT, 1991)
The relationship between technological change and land values is investigated for both rainfed and irrigated areas of Pakistan's most important wheat producing province, the Punjab. An attempt is made to link regional ...
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Maize marketing and distribution in Southern Zaire
(CIMMYT, 1976)
Recent dramatic increases and shifts in Zaire's population have had significant influences upon both the supply and the demand for basic foods, with profound effects being registered on maize in urban Shaba and in the Kasai ...
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An agro-economic evaluation of maize production in three valleys of the Peruvian Andes
(CIMMYT, 1980)
In cooperation with researchers in many national agricultural research programs, CIMMYT has sought to develop procedures which help to focus agricultural research squarely on the needs of farmers. The process involves ...