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Evaluating the risk of climate change-induced aflatoxin contamination in groundnuts and maize: Result of modeling analyses in six countries by Thomas, Timothy S., Robertson, Richard D., Boote, Kenneth J.

“…This policy note summarizes research that assessed the likely impact of climate change on aflatoxin contamination in groundnuts (in Burkina Faso, Niger, and Nigeria) and in maize (in Burkina Faso, Honduras, Guatemala, Nepal, Niger, and Nigeria), and the impact of temperature, precipitation, and soil types on aflatoxin contamination. …”
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Production, employment, and income effects of commercialization of agriculture by von Braun, Joachim

“…The three chapters in Part III report synthesis is findings from the microlevel IFPRI research in The Gambia, Guatemala, Kenya, the Philippines, and Rwanda, as well as from the other case studies presented in Part V. …”
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Climate Information Services and Risk-Contingent Credit: Examining the CGIAR Initiative on Climate Resilience (ClimBeR) Influence and Intervention Impact by Ogada, Maurice Juma

“…This report evaluates the influence and impact of the CGIAR Initiative on Climate Resilience (ClimBeR), specifically examining the effectiveness of Climate Information Services (CIS) in Guatemala and Senegal, and the Risk-Contingent Credit (RCC) intervention in Kenya. …”
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Scaling Agroclimatic Services: Reaching 810,000 farmers with Climate-Resilient Solutions across three Latin-American countries by Giraldo, Diana, Aye, Irma, Navarro, Carlos

“…Mainstreaming Local Technical Agroclimatic Committees (MTA, in Spanish) across Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico has significantly enhanced agroclimate information dissemination, directly benefiting 214,000 farmers and indirectly reaching around 600,000 farmers through channels such as radio broadcasts and digital platforms. …”
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Understanding heterogeneity: A mixed-method analysis to inform context-specific strategies for the inclusive scaling of improved bean varieties by Quintero, Katherine, Pérez, Yuliana, Taborda, Luis Alejandro, Pérez, Salomón, Reyes, Byron

“…This presentation analyzes the low adoption of improved bean varieties in Guatemala using a mixed-methods approach that combines surveys with 516 farmers and 12 semi-structured interviews with value chain actors. …”
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AquaSmart-Modular irrigation: Investor teaser by Jimenez, Daniel, Lizarazo, Miguel, Ramos, Gresia

“…This document presents an investor teaser for the AquaSmart – Modular Irrigation application, a digital solution designed to improve agricultural irrigation efficiency and optimize water use, particularly in areas highly vulnerable to climate change such as Guatemala’s Dry Corridor. AquaSmart supports farmers in making timely irrigation decisions through a simple and accessible interface tailored to their digital capacities, helping to reduce production losses and strengthen the resilience of agricultural systems. …”
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Development of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) lines resistant to the bean pod weevil, Apion godmani Wagner, in Central America by Beebe, Stephen E., Cardona Mejía, César, Díaz Arrazola, O., Rodríguez, F., Mancia, JE, Ajquejay, S

“…Resistance to the BPW was identified in bean germplasm of highland Mexican origin, and these sources of resistance were incorporated into a pedigree breeding program to recover locally adapted lines resistant to Bean Common Mosaic Virus and BPW, with commercial grain for Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. These lines yielded as well as or better than local cultivars in the absence of the insect, and better than local cultivars when the BPW was present. …”
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Global climate change and food supply chains: policies for collective adaptation by Benedikter, Andreas, Läderach, Peter R.D., Eitzinger, Anton, Cook, S., Quiroga, A, Pantoja, A, Bruni, M

“…According to climate model predictions, most parts of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) will see significant temperature increases and changes in precipitation by 2050. In Guatemala, Colombia, and Jamaica, for example, such shifts will pose serious challenges for food supply chains in the face of increasing demand. …”
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Taller de Mustia Hilachosa (Thanatephorus cucumeris) (2, 1986, San José, Costa Rica). Conferencias

“…Research progress in bean breeding for resistance to T. cucumeris and disease control in Costa Rica, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, and Panama are presented. …”
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La investigacion de frijol en campos de agricultores de America Latina: memorias de un taller by Woolley, Jonathan N.

“…These include Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Paraguay, and Costa Rica. …”
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Replication Data for: Assessing high-impact spots of climate change: spatial yield simulations with Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT) model by Eitzinger, Anton, Läderach, Peter R.D., Rodríguez Sánchez, Beatriz, Fisher, Myles J., Beebe, Stephen E., Sonder, Kai, Schmidt, Axel

“…Data were collected by a simulation model to estimate yield changes due to climate change in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. We analysed the simulated yield changes to spatially classify high-impact spots of climate change across the four countries. …”
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The release of Negro Huasteco 81, a new Mexican bean variety tolerant to golden mosaic virus by Yoshii, K., Rodríguez Rodríguez, José Raúl

“…This line was consistently the most tolerant from a total of 25 BGMV-tolerant lines and var. introduced from a collaborative project between CIAT and the Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnologia Agricolas, Guatemala. Trials were carried out in the state of Veracruz in 1980 and throughout the tropics of Mexico in 1981. …”
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Relationships among bean-infecting geminiviruses by Gilbertson, R.L., Faria, J.C. de, Hanson, S.F., Hendrastuti, E., Ahlquist, P.G., Morales, Francisco José, Maxwell, D.P.

“…A report is presented on the cloning of the entire tripartite genomes of bean-infecting geminivirus: mechanically transmissible BGMV isolates from Guatemala (BGMV-GA) and the Dominican Republic (BGMV-DR) and an isolate of bean dwarf mosaic virus (BDMV) from Colombia. …”
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Aspectos técnicos de cinco NAMA de América Latina by Rico, Javier

“…“Análisis de aspectos técnicos de las NAMA de ganadería de la región de América Latina y el Caribe”, el cual analiza los elementos técnicos del diseño y formulación de las NAMA de Costa Rica, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras y Uruguay, las cuales tienen como objetivo reducir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI) en el sector ganadero. …”
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Reconocimiento preliminar sobre enfermedades del maíz en Centroamérica y Panamá by Schieber, E.

“…These visits were made to temperate and cold zones, as well as sub-tropical and tropical areas, from Guatemala to Panama. Certain of the diseases encountered have not been recognized previously and this is the first description of them to appear in the literature of plant pathology on corn.…”
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Memoria

“…El presente documento da difusión a una serie de ponencias, presentaciones generales y trabajos de investigación realizados en Guatemala y la región de Centroamérica y Panamá, sobre la disciplina de las malezas. …”
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Local knowledge regarding trade-offs among coffee productivity and other ecosystem services in a range of different agroforestry systems in Central America by Cerdán Cabrera, Carlos Roberto

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El estudiante # 72, Amado Pelén Cantoral, en la Escuela Agrícola Panamericana

“…Después de obtener su pasaje aéreo a través de la United Fruit Co., Amado tomó el avión de la Pan American Airways de la ciudad de Guatemala al aeropuerto de Toncontín en Tegucigalpa, Honduras. …”
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Evaluación de líneas s1 inoculadas para selección por resistencia a la pudrición de mazorca causada por stenocarpella spp. En Honduras durante 1988 by Brizuela B., Luis, Paz, José, Fernández, Héctor, Córdova, Hugo

“…Costa Rica, Honduras y Guatemala tienen ambientes favorables para el desarrollo de hongos causantes de pudrición de mazorcas en el campo tales corno Stenocarpella spp. yFusarium spp., en donde se han registrado pérdidas superiores al 40% la alta precipitación (2000 mm/año) y la costumbre de dejar en el campo el material contaminado por estos hongos, favoreció la elevada incidencia de la enfermedad en 1988.…”
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¿Qué facilita o limita las relaciones comerciales incluyentes con pequeños productores? Análisis de tres casos en América Latina by Hurtado Bermudez, Jhon Jairo, Lundy, Mark M., Melo, Jenny, León, Zeyla de, Paul, Larry, Zapata, Jennifer, Navarro, Melba, Mercado, Paola, Muñoz, Adriana

“…Este documento presenta los resultados de un estudio comparativo de tres casos de relaciones comerciales en Guatemala, Nicaragua y Perú, que reviso los factores que limitan y promueven la construcción de este tipo de negocios. …”
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