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Enduring designs for change: an account of CIMMYT's research, its impact, and its future directions
(CIMMYT, 1992)
This publication was prepared in commemoration of CIMMYT's 25th anniversary. It consists of three main sections. The first provides an abbreviated account of the Center's research and related activities. The second summarizes ...
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Continuous economic analysis of crop response to fertilizer in on-farm research
(CIMMYT, 1992)
This paper proposes a method for building general models based on continuous analysis of data from on-farm research (OFR) in order to derive recommendations for farmers. The data requirements are not excessive for practitioners ...
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El uso y conservación de los recursos naturales en La Fraylesca, Chiapas: un diagnóstico
(CIMMYT, 1992)
Se llevó a cabo un sondeo en la región de La Fraylesca en el estado de Chiapas en abril de 1992. El objeto de éste fue identificar o confirmar las principales causas de la degradación de los recursos naturales, determinar ...
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La producción de maíz de temporal en México: tendencias, restricciones y retos tecnológicos e institucionales para los investigadores
(CIMMYT, 1992)
Este documento examina las tendencias de la producción de maíz de temporal en México en los últimos decenios y la experiencia del INIFAP / OMMYT/ ORAD en la investigación en fincas (IEF) en las tierras bajas tropicales de ...
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La producción de triticale en la meseta Tarasca de México: experiencias de los minifundistas y lecciones útiles para la investigación
(CIMMYT, 1992)
El triticale, fruto de una cruza entre el trigo y el centeno, rinde más que sus progenitores en dos tipos de condiciones marginales: las tierras altas donde los suelos ácidos y las enfermedades foliares constituyen un ...
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International agricultural research: the next 25 years. On the occasion of CIMMYT's 25th anniversary 1966-1991
(CIMMYT, 1992)
On December 6, 1991, CIMMYT staff and distinguished guests gathered at EI Batan headquarters in Mexico to commemorate the 25th anniversary of CIMMYT's founding. Speakers, donor representatives, officials ofthe Mexican ...
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Dryland wheat in India: the impact of technical change and future research challenges
(CIMMYT, 1992)
This study focuses on the dryland wheat areas of central and southern India (over half of India's total rainfed wheat area), where wheat is produced on deep vertisols in a fallow wheat system depending heavily on the ...
Annual Report
1991/92 CIMMYT world maize facts and trends: Maize research investment and impacts in developing countries
(CIMMYT, 1992)
This report examines maize research in the developing world, focusing primarily on crop breeding by the public sector (national research programs and international agricultural research centers). Based on a survey of ...
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Rainfed maize production in Mexico: trends, constraints, and technological and institutional challenges for researchers
(CIMMYT, 1992)
This paper reviews trends in rainfed maize production in Mexico over the past several decades, and the experience of lNIFAP/ CIMMYT/ CIRAD on-farm research (OFR) in Mexico's lowland tropics, to evaluate the prospects for ...
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The economics of quality protein maize as an animal feed: case studies of Brazil and El Salvador
(CIMMYT, 1992)
This study examines the potential of quality protein maize (QPM) as an animal feed ingredient in Brazil and EI Salvador. The minimum ingredient cost of pig and chicken feed with and without QPM and the optimal level of the ...