Search Results - "Americanization"

Agriculture negotiations priorities and sustainable development at the WTO by Calvo, Facundo

Get full text

The social determinants of tuberculosis: From evidence to action by Hargreaves, James R., Boccia, Delia, Evans, Carlton A., Adato, Michelle, Petticrew, Mark, Porter, John D. H.

Get full text

Developing countries and the gains from regionalism: links between trade and farm policy reforms in Mexico by Burfisher, Mary E., Thierfelder, Karen, Robinson, Sherman

“…We use a multi‐country computable general equilibrium (CGE) model with agricultural policy details to simulate the effects of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). We find that Mexico gains from NAFTA only when it also removes domestic distortions in agriculture. …”
Get full text

Evaluating alternative policy responses to higher world food prices: The case of increasing rice prices in Madagascar by Coady, David, Dorosh, Paul A., Minten, Bart

Get full text

Technological innovations, downside risk, and the modernization of agriculture by Emerick, Kyle, de Janvry, Alain, Sadoulet, Elisabeth, Dar, Manzoor H.

Get full text

Factors related to HIV disclosure in 2 South African communities by Norman, Amy, Chopra, Mickey, Kadiyala, Suneetha

Get full text

Cassava in Colombia and the world:New prospects for a millennial crop by Ceballos, H.

Get full text

Cassava productivity, photosynthesis, ecophysiology, and response to environmental stresses in the tropics:A multidisciplinary approach to crop improvement and sustainable producti... by El-Sharkawy, Mabrouk A., Mejía de Tafur, María Sara, López, Yamel

Get full text

Insects and mites that attack cassava, and their control by Bellotti, Anthony C., Arias V., Bernardo, Vargas H., Octavio, Reyes Q., Jesús Antonio, Guerrero, José María

Get full text

Biotechnology for cassava improvement:Genetic modification and clean-seed production by Chavarriaga Aguirre, Paul, Escobar Pérez, Roosevelt H., López, Danilo, Beltrán, Jesús A., Roca, W., Tohme, Joseph M.

Get full text

Methodology for hardening large numbers of In vitro cassava plants by Segovia, Roberto J., Bedoya, Armando, Triviño, William, Ceballos, H., Fregene, Martin A., Gálvez E., Guillermo E., Ospina Patiño, Bernardo

Get full text

Climate Services for Resilient Development in South Asia Annual Report: January to December 2019 by Krupnik, Timothy J., Hussain, Ghulam, Montes, Carlo, Schulthess, Christoph, Siddiquee, Ansar Ahammed, Rahman, Syed, Khan, Mohammad Shahidul Haque, Khanam, Fahmida, Miah, Azahar Ali, Hasan, Alfi, Kamal, Mustafa, Hossain, Khaled, Haque, Anarul, Kurishi, Alanuzzaman, Rokon, Golam Morshed, Uddin, M. Shahab, Billah, Mutasim, Tasnim, Tasfia, Fernandes, José Maurício Cunha

“…The partnership is led by the United States Government and supported by the UK Government Department for International Development (DFID), the UK Meteorological Office, ESRI, Google, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the American Red Cross. …”
Get full text

Strategies to achieve the GHG Mitigation Goals of the livestock sector in Latin America by Ruden, Alejandro, Arango, Jacobo, Martínez Barón, Deissy, Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María, Berndt, Alexandre, Chacón, Mauricio, Torres, Carlos Felipe, Oyhantçabal, Walter, Gómez, Juan A., Ricci, Patricia, Ku-Vera, Juan Carlos, Burkart, Stefan, Moorby, Jon M., Chirinda, Ngonidzashe

“…Livestock production is a fundamental source of income and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Latin American countries. 20 percent of the region's emissions come from agriculture, 70 percent of which comes from livestock. …”
Get full text

Applying co-integrated panel models to estimate long-term relationships between cattle production and greenhouse gas emissions for Latin America by Sandoval, Danny, Junca Paredes, Jhon Jairo, Enciso, Karen, Díaz, Manuel, Bravo, Aura, Burkart, Stefan

“…The cattle sector is key to the economy of several Latin American countries, however, it strongly contributes to environmental degradation through the emission of greenhouse gases and deforestation, among others. …”
Get full text

Biogeography and taxonomy of Mononychellus species associated with Manihot esculenta Crantz in the Americas by Guerrero, J.M., Flechtmann, CHW, Duque E., Myriam Cristina, Gaigl, A, Bellotti, Anthony C., Moraes, G.J. de, Braun, Ann R.

“…Several implications for biological control of M. tanajoa follow from the existence of a geographical subpopulation distinct from other populations in the American of African range of this species…”
Get full text

Sarcocystis spp. of new and old world camelids : ancient origin, present challenges by Wieser, Sara Nathaly, Giuliano, Susana M., Reategui Ordoñez, Juan, Barriga Marcapura, Ximena, Olivera, Luis V. M., Chavez Fumagalli, Miguel Angel, Schnittger, Leonhard, Florin-Christensen, Monica

“…Interestingly, Old World camelids (dromedary, domestic Bactrian camel, and wild Bactrian camel) and New World or South American camelids (llama, alpaca, guanaco, and vicuña) can each be infected by two different Sarcocystis spp: Old World camelids by S. cameli (producing micro- and macroscopic cysts) and S. ippeni (microscopic cysts); and South American camelids by S. aucheniae (macroscopic cysts) and S. masoni (microscopic cysts). …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Amblyomma parvum Aragão, 1908 (Acari: Ixodidae): Phylogeography and systematic considerations by Lado, Paula, Nava, Santiago, Labruna, Marcelo B., Szabó, Matías P.J., Durden, Lance A., Bermudez, Sergio, Montagna, Matteo, Sánchez Quirós, Ana C., Beati, Lorenza

“…Although mitochondrial and nuclear topologies were not totally congruent, they all identified at least two main supported clusters, a Central American lineage, and a Brazilian-Argentinian lineage. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Oral acute toxicity of imidacloprid, thiamethoxam and clothianidin in eared doves: a contribution for the risk assessment of neonicotinoids in birds by Addy Orduna, Laura, Brodeur, Celine Marie Julie, Mateo Soria, Rafael

“…Thiswork is the first to describe intoxication signs and report oral neonicotinoid LD50s in a wild South-American bird species.…”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Density, habitat use, and opportunities for conservation of shorebirds in rice fields in southeastern South America by Dias, Rafael Antunes, Blanco, Daniel E., Goijman, Andrea Paula, Zaccagnini, Maria Elena

“…Pectoral Sandpiper density was nearly 8 times higher in Argentina than in Brazil; densities of the White-rumped Sandpiper and American Golden-Plover were 33 and 25 times higher in Brazil than in Argentina. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Studies on the shootborer Hypsipyla grandella Zeller. III. The evaluation of some systemic insecticides for the control of larvae in Cedrela odorata L. by Allan, G.G., Gara, R.I., Wilkins, R.M.

“…Turrialba 20(1):233-247. 1970), the main pest that hinders the establishment of native Meliaceae in the American Tropics, a study was conducted to evaluate a group of twenty-eight systemic insecticides in the control of H. grandella larvae attacking Cedrela odorata plants. …”
Get full text