Search Results - "Caribbean"

IMPACT Projections of Per Capita Food Consumption (KG Per Capita Per Year) With and Without Climate Change: Extended Commodity-Level Results for 2022 GFPR Table 2B by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…These results update previous projections by showing aggregations to six regions: Central and West Asia and North Africa; Eastern and Southern Africa; Latin America and the Caribbean; South Asia; Southeast Asia; West and Central Africa; and the rest of the world.…”
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IMPACT Projections of Per Capita Food Consumption With and Without Climate Change: Extended Country-Level Results for 2022 GFPR Table 1B by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…These results update previous projections by showing aggregations to six regions: Central and West Asia and North Africa; Eastern and Southern Africa; Latin America and the Caribbean; South Asia; Southeast Asia; West and Central Africa; and the rest of the world.…”
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IMPACT Projections of Aggregate Food Production With and Without Climate Change: Extended Country-Level Results for 2022 GFPR Table 1A by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…These results update previous projections by showing aggregations to six regions: Central and West Asia and North Africa; Eastern and Southern Africa; Latin America and the Caribbean; South Asia; Southeast Asia; West and Central Africa; and the rest of the world.…”
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IMPACT Projections of Total Production (Million Metric Tons) With and Without Climate Change: Extended Commodity-Level Results for 2022 GFPR Table 2A by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…These results update previous projections by showing aggregations to six regions: Central and West Asia and North Africa; Eastern and Southern Africa; Latin America and the Caribbean; South Asia; Southeast Asia; West and Central Africa; and the rest of the world.…”
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IMPACT Projections of Net Trade (Million Metric Tons) With and Without Climate Change: Extended Commodity-Level Results for 2022 GFPR Table 2C by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…These results update previous projections by showing aggregations to six regions: Central and West Asia and North Africa; Eastern and Southern Africa; Latin America and the Caribbean; South Asia; Southeast Asia; West and Central Africa; and the rest of the world.…”
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IMPACT Projections of Hunger With and Without Climate Change: Extended Country-Level Results for 2022 GFPR Table 1C by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…These results update previous projections by showing aggregations to six regions: Central and West Asia and North Africa; Eastern and Southern Africa; Latin America and the Caribbean; South Asia; Southeast Asia; West and Central Africa; and the rest of the world.…”
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Agricultural growth, efficiency and family agriculture in Paraguay by Nin-Pratt, Alejandro

“…Between 2001 and 2012, Latin America and the Caribbean’s (LAC) agriculture saw its best performance of the last 30 years. …”
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Introduction and executive summary for the supplement micronutrients in Latin America: Current state and research by Soto-Méndez, María J., Boy, Erick

“…The COVID-19 pandemic and other repeated pandemic shocks further reduce food and nutrition security of poor countries.3 On the other hand, chronic noncommunicable diseases, most of which are associated with overweight-obesity and unhealthy behavioral and environmental risk factors, continue to rise as the principal causes of death and disability worldwide, also disproportionately impacting LMIC.4 While the prevalence of hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is lower than the global average, food insecurity affects a higher proportion of the population in the region (40%) relative to the global prevalence (29.3%). …”
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Analysis of the potential market segmentation of new CIAT forage hybrids in Africa, Latin America and Asia by Junca Paredes, John Jairo, Florez, Jesus Fernando, Sotelo Cabrera, Mauricio Efren, Burkart, Stefan

“…In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), although there is greater availability of land, extensive grazing systems with low yields and no environmental sustainability are common. …”
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The state of food insecurity measurement: A mix of methods, and a mix of messages by Headey, Derek D.

“…At the country level, FIES severe food insecurity is often higher in Latin America and the Caribbean than in Niger and other extremely poor African countries. …”
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Developing tools to assess quality traits in beans for sustainable and nutritional foods in LAC by Gallego, Sonia, Orozco, Juan Camilo, Patiño, Gelver, Taleon, Victor, Andrade, Robert

“…Common bean is a staple crop in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and Eastern-Southern Africa, where local preferences for specific varieties play a crucial role in their acceptance. …”
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Digital marketing of unhealthy foods and non-alcoholic beverages to children and adolescents: A narrative review by Fretes, Gabriela, Veliz, Paula, Narvaez, Ana Maria, Williams, D’Arcy, Sibille, Romain, Arts, Maaike, Leroy, Jef L.

“…We conducted a narrative review of the global evidence on digital marketing of these foods and drinks and studied policies and regulations in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. Evidence was limited to a few high, upper-middle and lower-middle income countries where children and adolescents were found to be extensively exposed to the digital marketing of unhealthy foods and non-alcoholic beverages and this exposure increased with age. …”
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Perfil de evaluación de necesidades del Inventario de Agricultura y UTCUTS de Antigua y Barbuda by Vásquez, Daniela, Barrios, Julián, Haynes, Connor

“…The agriculture and land use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF) sectors are key determinants of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), both because of their importance in national economies and because of their weight in the climate commitments made under the Paris Agreement. …”
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Perfil de evaluación de necesidades del Inventario de Agricultura y UTCUTS de Ecuador by Barrios, Julián, Vásquez, Daniela, Haynes, Connor

“…The agriculture and land use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF) sectors are key determinants of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), both because of their importance in national economies and because of their weight in the climate commitments made under the Paris Agreement. …”
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From Evidence to Action: Applied Economic Studies and the Crop Observatory for Breeding Rice Research by Rivera Vasco, Tatiana Carolina, Buritica Casanova, Alexander, D'croz Pardo, Silvia Alejandra, Fajardo Reyes, Nicolas, Cardona Montoya, Clara Isela, Ramos Orozco, Catalina, Vergara Lozano, Jose Daniel, Pedreros Pérez, Ricardo Andrés, Nasner Tacan, Hans, Caleno Ruiz, Edwin Ernesto, Esponda Bernal, Maria Del Mar, Ossa Arias, Luis Miguel, Benavides Garcia, Gianni Stiven, Hincapie Bucheli, Jose Luis, Andrade Lopez, Robert Santiago

“…Economic evaluations show that over 1,100 rice varieties have been released in Latin America and the Caribbean, with CIAT-related lines delivering strong returns on investment. …”
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Insights from a field day: Biofortified rice innovation for resilient agri-food systems by Vargas Gonzalez, Sandra, Gallego, Sonia, Rendon, Natali

“…Field trials demonstrated that Fedearroz BIOZn035 combines competitive yields (≈7 t/ha), acceptable industrial grain quality, low disease incidence, and stable performance, making it a promising variety for the Humid Caribbean region. The event also highlighted the potential for value-added processing of biofortified rice, including the production of gluten-free flour and derived food products, creating opportunities for rural entrepreneurship and local economic development. …”
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Growth and effects of thinning of mixed and pure plantations with native trees in humid tropical Costa Rica by Piotto, D., Montagnini, F., Ugalde, L., Kanninen, M.

“…The present study examines the growth and responses to thinning of native species in mixed and pure-species plantations in the Caribbean Lowlands of Costa Rica. At 9–10 years of age, the species with best growth in diameter and volume were Vochysia guatemalensis Donn. …”
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The climate of cloud forests by Jarvis, Andy, Mulligan, M.

“…There are some clear differences in the climates of cloud forests found in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and those in Asia. Cloud forests are found to be wetter (with incident rainfall being 184 mm year−1 higher on average), cooler (by 4·2 °C on average), and less seasonally variable than other montane forests not affected significantly by fog and low cloud. …”
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Expression and inheritance of hypersensitive resistance to rice hoja blanca virus mediated by the viral nucleocapsid protein gene in transgenic rice by Lentini, Zaida, Lozano Potes, Iván, Tabares Z., Eddie, Fory Sánchez, L.F., Domínguez, J., Cuervo Ibáñez, Maritza, Calvert, Lee A.

“…Rice hoja blanca virus (RHBV) is a major virus disease of economic importance affecting rice in northern South America, Central America and the Caribbean. This is the first report of transgenic resistance to RHBV and the transformation of an indica rice variety from Latin America. …”
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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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