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Modern ICT for agricultural development and risk management in smallholder agriculture in India
(CIMMYT, 2012)
Usually the agricultural sector, and in particular farmers, are highly vulnerable to risks due to high variability in climatic conditions and to market uncertainties. The farmer’s exposure to risk and uncertainty is often ...
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Determinants of adoption and spatial diversity of wheat varieties on household farms in Turkey
(CIMMYT, 2012)
The Heckman two-stage estimation procedure was used to investigate factors influencing the adoption of modern and/or landrace wheat varieties and spatial diversity of wheat varieties in Turkey. In the first stage, the ...
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Investigación sobre políticas para el desarrollo sostenible en las laderas mesoamericanas
(IICA; IFPRI; CIMMYT, 1997)
En los últimos años ha surgido un fuerte interés por parte de los investigadores de Centro América y México, por la investigación sobre políticas para el desarrollo sostenible y el manejo de los recursos naturales (MRN) ...
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Country Report – DT Maize Adoption Monitoring Survey- Angola. Socio-Economics Program Country report
(CIMMYT, 2014)
Angola has an economy heavily dominated by crude oil export. On the other hand agriculture, which is dominated by smallholder farming, directly contributes only 6-10% of Angola’s gross domestic product (GDP). However, it ...
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Climate change impacts and potential benefits of heat-tolerant maize in South Asia
(Springer, 2017)
Monitoring of genetic gain in crop genetic improvement programs is necessary to measure the efficiency of the program. Periodic measurement of genetic gain also allows the efficiency of new technologies incorporated into ...
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Country Report – DT Maize Adoption Monitoring Survey- Mozambique. Socio-Economics Program Country report
(CIMMYT, 2014)
The agricultural sector is the main driver for socio-economic development in Mozambique. It employs 80% of the working population and contributes 90% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Majority of the farmers are subsistence ...
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Interdisciplinary entanglements in index insurance
(International Research Institute for Climate and Society, 2016)
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