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Optimal search in ex situ collections of wheat genetic resources
(CIMMYT, 1998)
This paper develops a theoretical model for analyzing gene bank management decisions regarding the search for traits of economic value in ex situ collections of wheat. The model is applied to data on the probability of ...
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Planning technologies appropriate to farmers: concepts and procedures
(CIMMYT, 1988)
We have prepared this Manual for professionals involved in research on improving agricultural technology for farmers. We believe that it will be useful to both biological scientists and social scientists and that parts of ...
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Economic criteria for establishing plant breeding programs
(CIMMYT, 1991)
A general model of annual costs and lagged annual returns from a plant breeding program is developed to estimate the threshold sizes of a crop industry at which different breeding programs could be economically justified, ...
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The increasing role of wheat consumption and imports in the developing world
(CIMMYT, 1983)
This study presents in detail the themes explored in the CIMMYT publication, World Wheat Facts and Trends, Report 2 (1983). It looks at changes in wheat consumption in developing countries, examines the increasing importance ...
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Impacts of CIMMYT's international training linked to long-term trials in conservation agriculture: 1996-2006
(CIMMYT, 2009)
This study focused on the training of scientists who work in public, private, or non-governmental sectors in the areas of agronomy and sustainable management of natural resources. Of the 82 trainees who participated in ...
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Maize production environments revisited: A GIS-based approach
(CIMMYT, 2000)
This publication presents a GIS-based approach for revising the descriptions of global maize production environments, called "mega-environments" (MEs), used by CIMMYT and its partners. A cluster analysis was performed on ...
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Issues regarding targeting and adoption of quality protein maize (QPM)
(CIMMYT, 2000)
Improvements in the production characteristics of quality protein maize (QPM) are currently leading to its reintroduction in various areas of the world, both for human and animal consumption. Although the improved QPM ...
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Using economics to explain spatial diversity in a wheat crop: examples from Australia and China
(CIMMYT, 1999)
Spatial diversity indicators may serve an important function for policymakers as they seek to manage crop genetic diversity and potential externalities associated with diffusion of some types of genetically improved crops. ...
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Organization and performance of national maize seed industries: a new institutionalist perspective
(CIMMYT, 1997)
This paper proposes a conceptual framework for analyzing the organization and performance of national maize seed industries. The authors begin by reviewing what several leading economic paradigms have to say about the ...