Search Results - "Caribbean"

Importancia de la situación de la mujer para la nutrición infantil en los países en desarrollo by Smith, Lisa C., Ramakrishnan, Usha, Ndiaye, Aida, Haddad, Lawrence J., Martorell, Reynaldo

“…This study explores the relationship between women’s status and children’s nutrition in three developing regions: South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).... This research shows unequivocally that making a decision at the policy level to improve women’s status produces significant benefits. …”
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Phenotyping cassava for adaptation to drought by Okogbenin, Emmanuel, Setter, Tim L., Ferguson M, Mutegi R, Alves, A.C., Ceballos, H., Fregene, Martin A.

“…Cassava (manioc, yuca, or mandioca; Manihot esculenta Crantz, Euphorbiaceae) is an important cash crop and food crop of resource-limited farmers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. The storage roots are utilised either fresh, as in the case of sweet cultivars low in cyanogenic glycosides, or after processing into dry products such as fl our, starch and animal feed in the case of bitter cultivars high in cyanogenic glycosides (Balagopalan, 2002; Dufour,1988; Essers, 1995; Westby, 2002). …”
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Diversity of the calabash tree (Crescentia cujete L.) in Colombia by Arango Ulloa, A.J., Bohórquez Cháux, Adriana, Duque E., Myriam Cristina, Maass, Brigitte L.

“…Germplasm of the calabash tree (Crescentia cujete L.) was collected in five major regions of Colombia, i.e. the Andes, Caribbean, Amazon, Orinoco, and Pacific regions. Collecting this multipurpose tree was guided by the indigenous knowledge of farmers and artisans in each region. …”
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Differentiation of bean-infecting geminiviruses by nucleic acid hybridization probes and aspects of bean golden mosaic in Brazil by Gilbertson, R.L., Hidayat, SH, Martínez, R.T., Leong, SA, Faria, J.C. de, Morales, F, Maxwell, D.P.

“…In contrast to BGMV isolates from Central America and the Caribbean, BGMV-BZ could not be sap-transmitted to beans. …”
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Tropical forages program = Programa de forrajes tropicales by Peters, Michael

“…In view of the Center's expertise across different production systems, CIAT's tropical forage research has an explicit global focus, with strategic research capacity in South America, Central America and the Caribbean, Eastern Africa, and Southeast Asia. We recognize that the strongest interaction between research disciplines, partners, and clients happens in the context of agricultural systems and markets in the countries. …”
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New world solutions to old world problems: the growing reach of Latin American research = Soluciones del nuevo mundo para problemas del viejo mundo: el creciente alcance de la inve... by International Center for Tropical Agriculture

“…Originally created to serve Latin America and the Caribbean, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) showed that agricultural research in tropical America is highly relevant to Africa and Asia. …”
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Is urban bushmeat trade in Colombia really insignificant? by Vliet, N. van, Quiceno Mesa, M.P., Moreno, J., Cruz, D., Fa, J.E., Nasi, Robert

“…Bushmeat is a luxury product in urban areas of the Caribbean, the Pacific and the Andean regions. Further work is needed to quantify and monitor the volumes of bushmeat traded, comprehend motivations, explore ways of reducing threats, and engage with stakeholders to organize legal and sustainable use of bushmeat.…”
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Achaparramiento del maíz por Corn Stunt Spiroplasma : Actualización regional Chaco y Santiago del Estero by Druetta, Marcelo Alberto, Gimenez, Maria De La Paz

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Biomass accumulation response of cassava (Manihot esculenta C.) to NPK fertilization and biofertilizers in two soil types under greenhouse conditions by Pérez Pazos, Jazmín Vanessa, Luna Castellanos, Lily Lorena, Burbano Figueroa, Oscar Alberto

“…Cassava is one of the agricultural products of importance to food security in most developing countries. 50% of national production is concentrated in the Caribbean region, however, yields are low, as a consequence of the poor level of technification of the crop (MADR, 2006). …”
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Características reproductivas de machos ovinos bajo las condiciones ambientales del Caribe húmedo colombiano by Carrascal Triana, Erly Luisana, Herrera Pérez, N, Salcedo Carrascal, Erika Patricia, García Jiménez, J.A

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Siting Marine Protected Areas with Area Targets Protecting Rural Incomes, Fish Stocks, and Turtles in Costa Rica by Capitán, Tabare, Madrigal, Róger, Albers, H. Jo, White, Benjamin

“…Motivated by observations in the northern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, the paper models the reactions of fishers to various MPA policies and the impact of policies on income and yield in two different communities, in addition to the impact on fish stock and turtle populations. …”
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Capacidad de producción económico-agrícola de dos áreas del Cantón de Turrialba, Costa Rica by Rodriguez, Panfilo, Peterson, Arthur W.

“…Studies in the United States, Canada, China and the Caribbean region have shown that between broad agricultural regions within the same country it is usual for differences in the productive capacity of land to be reflected in variations in the amount of land per person rather than in the production per person. …”
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Climate Change Governance: the case of land-use based emissions MRV systems in Central America and the Dominican Republic by Pacheco Figueroa, Gracia A.

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Technical Advisory Committee Seventy-Third Meeting, 24-27 September 1997: Report of the Meeting by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…A number of centers were asked to submit clarifications, which would be considered in preparing the TAC Chair's report to the Finance Committee at ICW97.Phil Pardey and Stan Wood of IFPRI briefed TAC on a project to develop more rigorous approaches to setting agricultural research priorities in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It considered a draft desk study for the study of CGIAR commitments in LAC, and the forthcoming assessment phase. …”
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Climate-Smart Agriculture in Belize by International Center for Tropical Agriculture, World Bank

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Genetic comparisons of fall armyworm populations from 11 countries spanning sub-Saharan Africa provide insights into strain composition and migratory behaviors by Nagoshi, R.N., Goergen, Georg E., Plessis, H. du, Berg, J. van den, Meaghe, R.

“…The haplotype profile from all locations continue to identify Florida and the Caribbean regions as the most likely Western Hemisphere origins of the African infestations. …”
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User Manual. Training Manual Terra-i. by Reymondin, Louis, Paz-García, Paula, Tello Dagua, Jhon Jairo, Coca-Castro, Alejandro, Bautista, Oscar, Menzinger, Bernadette

“…Nowadays, Terra-i is fully functional pan-tropically (Latin America, Caribbean, Asia and Oceania). The system is based on the premise that, from one date to the next, natural vegetation follows a predictable pattern of changes in greenness brought by site-specific land and climatic conditions over the same period. …”
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Development of Encarsia tabacivora (Viggiani) (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) in nymphs of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) MEAN 1 (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) by Gamarra, H., Sporleder, M., Supanta, L., Rodríguez, A., Kroschel, Jürgen, Kreuze, Jan F.

“…Encarsia tabacivora Viggiani 1985 (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), is an endoparasitoid of whiteflies, including Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) MEAN 1 (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), reported from southern USA, Caribbean, and Brazil. In field surveys, the natural occurrence of E. tabacivora was confirmed in the Cañete valley of Peru. …”
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Dominican Republic: Agricultural R&D indicators factsheet by Stads, Gert-Jan, de los Santos, Luis

“…In 2020, the Dominican Republic spent just 0.18 percent of its agricultural GDP on agricultural R&D, representing among the lowest levels in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Dominican Republic lacks a critical mass of PhD-qualified agricultural researchers. …”
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Market segmentation and potential for new CIAT forage hybrids in Africa, Latin America, and Asia by Junca Paredes, John Jairo, Florez, Jesus Fernando, Sotelo Cabrera, Mauricio Efren, Burkart, Stefan

“…AbstractLivestock is a critical economic driver in East Africa (EA), Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and Southeast Asia (SEA), contributing significantly to global dairy and beef production. …”
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