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Impactos del mejoramiento de maíz en América Latina: 1966-1997
(CIMMYT, 2000)
Este informe documenta el número y los tipos de variedades e híbridos de maíz lanzados por los programas públicos de mejoramiento entre 1966 y 1997; describe las variedades e híbridos comercializados por organismos públicos ...
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Variety testing and release approaches in DTMA project countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
(CIMMYT, 2009)
This report presents a summary of variety testing and release regulations in DTMA project countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In order to understand these approaches a study was undertaken in 2007 under the auspices of ...
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Analisis del contexto y funcionamiento de las instituciones financiadoras, administradoras y operativas de la investigacion agropecuaria en Mexico
(INIFAP; CIMMYT, 2001)
En este documento se analiza el contexto y funcionamiento de las instituciones relacionadas con la investigación agropecuaria en México. En el capitulo II se analizan los principales indicadores del sector agropecuario ...
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Adoption and impacts of improved maize production technology: a case study of the Ghana Grains Development Project
(CIMMYT, 1999)
This report, one of a series of adoption case studies coordinated by the Impacts Assessment and Evaluation Group (IAEG) of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), examines the adoption by ...
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Maize in Nepal: production systems, constraints and priorities for research
(CIMMYT; NARC, 2001)
Maize cultivation is a way of life for most farmers in the hills of Nepal. It is a traditional crop cultivated as food, feed and fodder on slopping Bari land (rainfed upland) in the hills. It is grown under rainfed conditions ...
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CIMMYT 1999/2000 World maize facts and trends. meeting world maize needs: technological opportunities and priorities for the public sector
(CIMMYT, 2001)
This report has four parts. Part 1 focuses on the role intemational agricultural research institutions should play in meeting the rapid growth in maize demand that is anticipated during the next 20 years. Constraints to ...
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Food security in Bangladesh: Improving wheat, maize and papaya production, and impacts of arsenic contamination - USAID Grant No.388-G-00-02-00070-00.
(USAID; CIMMYT, 2007)
The USAID funded project 'Food Security in Bangladesh: Improving Wheat, Maize and Papaya Production, and Impacts of Arsenic Contamination' was designed to enhance food production through agronomic research and extension ...
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Ten years with NAFTA: a review of the literature and an analysis of farmer responses in Sonora and Veracruz, Mexico
(Congressional Hunger Center; CIMMYT, 2006)
This report reviews recent literature regarding impacts of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA, launched in 1994) on maize and wheat farming in Mexico. A basic overview of maize and wheat production in Mexico ...
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Characterization of Maize Producing Households in Adami Tulu - Jido Kombolcha and Adama Districts in Ethiopia
(CIMMYT, 2010)
Maize is an important cereal crop in Ethiopia as a source of both food and cash and represents a shift in farmers’ choice of crops. In terms of area coverage on a national basis, it is next to teff (CSA 2007). Of all food ...
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Characterization of maize producing households in Monze and Kalomo Districts in Zambia
(CIMMYT; UNZA, 2010)
The Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (DTMA) project is an initiative which is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF) and Howard G. Buffett Foundation to accelerate drought tolerant maize development and ...