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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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Climate change, agriculture and gender in Latin America: A MIRAGE-CC approach by Estrades, Carmen, Laborde Debucquet, David

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Research futures: Projecting agricultural R&D potentials for Latin America and the Caribbean by Pardey, Philip G., Wood, Stanley, Hertford, Reed

“…This volume offers substantive clarification of the proper roles for public agricultural research and development (R&D) throughout Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and introduces an analytical framework for assessing cross-country collective action in funding and carrying out research. …”
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A 2020 vision for food, agriculture and the environment in Latin America: a synthesis by Garrett, James L.

“…In this synthesis, specific goals and strategies are outlined. The nations of Latin America can achieve the following goals for food, agriculture, and the environment by the year 2020. …”
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Forests and climate change in Latin America: linking adaptation and mitigation in projects and policies by Locatelli, Bruno, Evans, V., Wardell, A., Andrade, A., Vignola, Raffaele

“…Integrating adaptation and mitigation in forestry projects and policies would maximise local cobenefits and contribute to increased capacity to cope with the risks associated with climate change. Latin America has had some preliminary experience with the linkages between adaptation and mitigation at the level of projects. …”
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Actors and landscape changes in tropical Latin America: challenges for REDD+ design and implementation by Pacheco, P., Aguilar-Støen, M., Borner, J., Etter, A., Putzel, L., Vera-Diaz, M.D.C.

“…Five dominant trends are occurring in tropical Latin America with implications for land use change: (1) rapid growth of agribusiness, (2) expansion and modernisation of traditional cattle ranching, (3) slow growth of small-scale agriculture, (4) logging in production forest frontiers and (5) resurgence of traditional agro-extractive economies. …”
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Landscape Transformation in Tropical Latin America: Assessing Trends and Policy Implications for REDD+ by Pacheco, P., Aguilar-Støen, M., Boner, J., Etter, A., Putzel, L., Vera-Diaz, M.D.C.

“…Important transformations are underway in tropical landscapes in Latin America with implications for economic development and climate change. …”
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People, governance and forests -- the stumbling blocks in forest governance reform in Latin America by Contreras Hermosilla, A.

“…This article examines common barriers to achieving adequate levels of forest resource governance in countries of Latin America. It looks at the deficiencies of the policy and regulatory frameworks affecting forests, the common failure to impose the rule of law, the main factors that constrain the effectiveness of government actions in the forest sector and at the political barriers to introducing reforms for change in governance structures. …”
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The recognition of forest rights in Latin America: progress and shortcomings of forest tenure reforms by Pacheco, P., Barry, D.M., Cronkleton, P., Larson, A.M.

“…Significant tenure reforms have taken place over public forestlands in the past 20 years in Latin America. These reforms differ from previous tenure reforms with respect to their origins and goals. …”
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The potential impacts of climate change on maize production in Africa and Latin America in 2055 by Jones, Peter G., Thornton, Philip K.

“…We show the possible impacts on maize production in Africa and Latin America to 2055, using high-resolution methods to generate characteristic daily weather data for driving a detailed simulation model of the maize crop. …”
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MarkSim: Software to generate daily weather data for Latin America and Africa by Jones, Peter G., Thornton, Philip K.

“…A software package to generate daily weather data for Latin America and Africa is described. The program is based on a stochastic weather generator that uses a third-order Markov process to model daily weather data. …”
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Bacterial sheath brown rot of rice caused by Pseudomonas fuscovaginae in Latin America by Zeigler, Robert S., Álvarez, E.

“…Comparison of the physiological characteristics of isolates from Latin America, Asia, and Africa, P. fuscovaginae, and P. marginalis suggests that the designation of P. fuscovaginae as a separate species may not be appropriate. …”
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Investing in farmers as researchers: experience with local agricultural research committees in Latin America by Ashby, Jacqueline A., Braun, Ann R., Gracia, T., Guerrero, M.D.P., Hernández Romero, Luis Alfredo, Quirós Torres, Carlos Arturo, Roa Velasco, José Ignacio

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The impact of high-yielding rice varieties in Latin America: with special emphasis on Colombia by Scobie, Grant M., Posada Torres, Rafael

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Whiteflies as pests of annual crops in the tropical highlands of Latin America. Conclusions and recommendations by Cardona Mejía, César, López Avila, A., Valarezo, OC

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Whiteflies as pests of annual crops in the tropical highlands of Latin America. Colombia and Ecuador by Cardona Mejía, César, López Avila, A., Valarezo, O

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Seminar on Rice Policies in Latin America (1971, Cali, Colombia). Papers presented by International Center for Tropical Agriculture

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Tropical forage-based systems for climate-smart livestock production in Latin America by Rao, Idupulapati M., Peters, Michael, Hoek, Rein van der, Castro, A., Subbaraoa, Guntur V., Cadisch, Georg, Rincón, A.

“…Tropical forage grasses and legumes as key components of sustainable crop-livestock systems in Latin America and the Caribbean have major implications for improving food security, alleviating poverty, restoring degraded lands and mitigating climate change. …”
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Rice panicle blight: a new challenge for Latin America rice growers by Prado Patiño, Gustavo A., Aricapa, María Girlena, Fory Sánchez, Paola Andrea, Pérez C., Cristo Rafael, Saavedra de Castro, Enrique Alfredo, Correa Victoria, Fernando J., Mosquera Cifuentes, Gloria Maria

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Healthy and sustainable agriculture: Working with farmers to transform food production in Latin America. by Cole, D., Prain, Gordon, Pradel, W.

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