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The cost of conditional cash transfer programs: A comparative analysis of three programs in Latin America by Caldes, Natalia, Coady, David, Maluccio, John A.

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Agricultural resilience in Central America: A key tool for prioritization and action against climate change by Gonzalez Rodriguez, Carlos Eduardo, Castillo Rivera, Johana Marcela, Eitzinger, Anton

“…To address climate change threats in Central America, CRS and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT developed TOR2, a tool launched in 2024 to guide climate-resilient agriculture. …”
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STELARR Volume IV—Latin America: Opportunities for rangelands restoration through livestock value chains by Bravo, Aura, Burkart, Stefan

“…Sustainable livestock value chains in Latin America’s rangelands offer significant restoration and economic opportunities. …”
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Strengthening national genebanks through genomics and regional collaboration: lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean by Carvajal‑Yepes, Monica, Petroli, Cesar, Correa, Miguel, Breseghello, Flavio, Salazar, E., Chassaigne Ricciulli, Alberto Antonio, Reyes-Herrera, Paula Helena, Guzman, Manuel, Mendoza, Amalio, Vidal, Rafael, Condón, Federico, De Almeida Silva, Natália Carolina, Fernandez, Elizabeth, Rodríguez, Leixys, Solano, William, Morales, Aura Jasmín, Velasquez-Flores, B.L., Soto-Torres, Julian, Robles, Ronald, Ledesma Miramontes, Alejandro, Aragon, Marco, Castillo, D., Roa, C., Lopez Noriega, Isabel, Wenzl, Peter, Sansaloni, Carolina

“…Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is a center of origin and domestication for globally important crops such as cassava, common bean, maize, and potato, all of which are key to food and nutrition security worldwide. …”
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The customary law nature of sustainable forest management states practice in Central America and European Union by Assembe-Mvondo, Samuel

“…The paper is focussed on two regional regimes on SFM: the Central America Regional Convention and the European Union Resolution related sustainable forests management. …”
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Ecosystem services and hydroelectricity in Central America: modelling service flows with fuzzy logic and expert knowledge by Locatelli, Bruno, Imbach, Pablo, Vignola, Raffaele, Metzger, M.J., Hidalgo, E. J. L.

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Oportunidades y desafíos para el manejo forestal comunitario: lecciones de América Tropical by Jong, W. de, Pokorny, B., Cornejo, C., Pacheco, P., Stoian, D.

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Guia para un programa del IIMI en America Latina: Informe de consultoria by Bertranou, A., Schulze, E.

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An integrated epidemiological-economic analysis of foot and mouth disease: Applications to the southern cone of South America by Rich, Karl M., Winter-Nelson, A.

“…The model is applied to foot-and-mouth disease in the Southern Cone of South America. The results demonstrate the benefits of spatially sensitive policies in which certain regions within the Southern Cone employ different, coordinated interventions. …”
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Climate change in Central and South America: Recent trends, future projections, and impacts on regional agriculture by Marengo, JA, Chou SC, Torres, R.R., Giarolla, A, Alves, L.M., Lyra, A

“…This report investigates the climate of two target regions of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS): Central and South America (CA and SA, respectively). The report assesses the implications of climate change for agriculture, with a particular focus on those aspects of climate change that will have greatest impact on the crops currently grown in each region. …”
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Detection of a potyvirus related to guineagrass mosaic virus infecting Brachiaria spp. in South America by Morales, Francisco José, Castaño, M., Velasco, Ana Cecilia, Arroyave, José A.

“…This would be the first report on the occurrence of GGMV in the Americas.…”
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Identifying candidate sites for crop biofortification in Latin America : Case studies in Colombia, Nicaragua and Bolivia by Zapata Caldas, E., Hyman, Glenn G., Pachón, Helena, Monserrate Rojas, Fredy Alexander, Vesga Varela, A.L.

“…Our analysis developed maps of candidate sites for biofortification interventions for nine countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Results for Colombia, Nicaragua, and Bolivia are presented in this paper. …”
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Emergence and partial characterization of rice stripe necrosis virus and its fungus vector in South America by Morales, Francisco José, Ward, Elaine, Castaño, Mauricio, Arroyave, José A., Lozano Potes, Iván, Adams, Michael J.

“…These results confirm the presence of RSNV in the Americas.…”
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Helping farmers select forage species in Central America: The case for a decision support system by O'Brien, R., Peters, Michael, Cook, Simon E., Corner, Robert J.

“…Intensification is a key strategy for smallholder farmers in Central America, and improved forages can play a significant role. …”
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Multiple origins of Lima Bean landraces in the Americas: evidence from chloroplast and nuclear DNA polymorphisms by Motta Aldana, JR, Serrano Serrano, Martha L., Hernández Torres, Jorge, Castillo Villamizar, Genis, Debouck, Daniel G., Chacón Sánchez, María I.

“…This event, along with post-domestication migrations of landraces in South America, would have given rise to the great variety of small-seeded Mesoamerican landraces that exist today. …”
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Phylogeographic analysis of the chloroplast DNA variation in wild common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in the Americas by Chacón Sánchez, María I., Pickersgill, B, Debouck, Daniel G., Arias, J.S.

“…The current distribution of haplotypes may be explained by isolation by distance and by at least two migration events between Mesoamerica and South America: one from Mesoamerica to South America and another one from northern South America to Mesoamerica. …”
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The relationship of some Elsinoë and Sphaceloma species pathogenic on cassava and other Euphorbiaceae in Central and South America by Zeigler, Robert S., Lozano, J.C.

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The Role of US institutions in developing effective international linkages for animal research and training in Latin America by Maner, JH

“…The role of US institutions in developing effective international linkages for animal research and training to increase livestock production and income in Latin America is multiple and varied. Personnel from these institutions must include teachers, planners, developers, researchers, evaluators, politicians and diplomats if sound international collaborative efforts are to be developed and maintained. …”
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Ecoregional modelling of sheep farming in Latin America: Proposed methodology for integrated communal resource management by González Estrada, E., Fawcett, R.H., Herrero, Mario

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Livestock in the mountains and highlands of Asia, Africa and South America: An overview of research and Development issues and challenges by Tulachan, P.M., Partap, T., Maki-Hokkonen, J., Mohamed-Saleem, M.A., Rajbhandari, B

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