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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 adoption of bed planting of wheat in the Yaqui Valley, Sonora, Mexico
(CIMMYT, 1998)
This report presents results of the analysis of data from a survey conducted during the fall-winter 1993/94 crop cycle in the Yaqui Valley of northwestern Mexico. It describes the agronomic characters of wheat producers ...
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Impacts of maize breeding research in Latin America, 1966-97
(CIMMYT, 1999)
This report documents the number and types of maize varieties and hybrids released by public breeding programs between 1966 and 1997, describes the varieties and hybrids marketed by public seed agencies and private companies ...
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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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The farming systems of the Texizapan watershed, Sierra de Santa Marta, Veracruz, Mexico
(CIMMYT, 1998)
The main farming systems of the Texizapan watershed in southern Veracruz, Mexico (200-1,640 meters above sea level) were characterized through a formal survey in 1995. Farm-level data included an inventory of resources ...
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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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The maize seed industries of Brazil and Mexico: past performance, current issues and future prospects
(CIMMYT, 1997)
This paper describes results of a study of the main factors affecting the development of the maize seed industries in Brazil and Mexico (and, by extension, other developing countries). The authors develop a framework that ...
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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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The adoption of conservation tillage in a hillside maize production system in Motozintla, Chiapas
(CIMMYT, 1997)
Data from a 1994 survey of 82 farmers who grow maize on steep hillsides in Motozintla, Chiapas, provided information on agricultural practices, including the adoption of conservation tillage practices; the profitability ...
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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 ...