Weed science at CIAT (Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropica) and weed problems in Latin America

Latin America is a region of contrasts including mountains and valleys, deserts and jungles, forests and prairies, prosperous and poor, modern and traditional, small farms and huge ones, malnourished and well-fed, machines and manpower, herbicides and machetes. Any country from Mexico to Chile would...

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Autor principal: Doll, Jerry D.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 1980
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/88320
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Sumario:Latin America is a region of contrasts including mountains and valleys, deserts and jungles, forests and prairies, prosperous and poor, modern and traditional, small farms and huge ones, malnourished and well-fed, machines and manpower, herbicides and machetes. Any country from Mexico to Chile would provide examples of these contrasts. The countries share a common heritage of language, culture, religion, and education. Each is unique in its present developmental stage and future plans (6).