In order to be able to adapt to climate change, maize and bean producing smallholders in Central America have to know which type of changes and to which extent and ranges these changes will occur. Adaptation is only possible ...

This publication describes progress in collaborative efforts to document, characterize, regenerate, and conserve (both in seed banks and on-farm in situ) maize seed collections from the Americas since 1998. Participants ...

This paper examines the impact of land distribution on the livelihoods of farm households in Atlantic Honduras. Using survey data and multivariate analysis, we link the distribution of land among households to the development ...

CIMMYT and its partners engage in one of the world’s most ambitious humanitarian endeavors: together, we form a global wheat and maize improvement system that seeks to better the lives of millions of poor farmers and ...

We are building bridges to prosperity for the small-scale, subsistence farmers who produce basic food crops in Central America. Our vision is to reduce poverty and environmental degradation and promote peace. We are a group ...

After a very successful planning meeting involving CIMMYT directive and regional staff (December 88), it is felt that 1989 will mark a turning point in the development of CIMMYT Regional Program for Central America and the ...

Este reporte involucra las actividades del Programa Regional de Maíz de CIMMYT para Centroamérica y el Caribe durante 1987. En este periodo el Programa Regional puso énfasis en fortalecer las actividades de los programas ...

Tecnologías para conservación y productividad: sustitutas o complementarias. El aumento de la productividad y la conservación de los recursos se anuncian como objetivos deseables de la investigación agrícola pero frecuentemente ...

Rentabilidad del sistema de abonera en el Litoral Atlántico de Honduras. El Litoral Atlántico de Honduras se ha difundido un sistema de rotación de maíz con Mucuna s. p. conocido por los agricultores con el nombre de ...

This paper reviews trends in maize production and consumption in Central America and Mexico in the context of the political and economic changes taking place in the region since the 1970's. The authors focus on the effects ...