Resultados de búsqueda - "Latin"

Ecologically sustainable cassava plant protection (EScaPP): annual report por International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

“…Cassava, a tropical root crop, is increasingly important as a food and income source for the rapidly expanding rural and urban populations in Africa and Latín America, playing a key role in poverty alleviation. …”
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Scenarios for trade integration in the Americas por Diao, Xinshen, Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Robinson, Sherman

“…The gains are larger for the Latin American participants than for their large potential partners – the U.S. and EU. …”
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Experiencias y retos del manejo forestal comunitario en América Tropical por Pokorny B., Sabogal, C., Jong, W. de, Stoian, D., Louman, Bastian, Pacheco, P., Porro, N.M.

“…This paper summarizes the main findings of “Communitarian forest management in Tropical America: Experiences, lessons and challenges for the future”, jointly produced by a group of researchers closely related to CFM in Latin America. Local peoples and communities in rural Latin America are the traditional users of extended areas of forests. …”
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Improving equity and livelihoods in community forestry: a global action research initiative in support of a strategic partnership on rights and resources por Larson, A.M.

“…The countries are in Asia (India, Nepal and the Philippines), Africa (Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Ghana) and Latin America (Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala and Nicaragua). …”
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Utilization of existing genetic variability por Smithson, James Brady

“…These have been combined into an index to map the distributions of areas of similar growing conditions in Latin America and Africa. Research stations may be classified in a similar manner. …”
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Produccion y consumo de frijol seco y su contribucion a la oferta de proteina a nivel mundial por Infante, MA, Scobie, Grant M., Gutiérrez Palacios, Uriel

“…This report specifically proposes (1) to review the present status of bean production on a worldwide scale to alleviate protein-rich food shortages; (2) to distinguish levels of bean protein consumption from other sources along broad regional lines; (3) to identify bean product and consumer countries, their protein needs and to quantify their deficiencies, and (4) to identify the state of the international dry bean market in Latin America. Legumes generate 16 percent of the total protein in developing countries, with the dry bean being predominant in Latin America, Africa and the Far East. …”
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Peruvian privatization: impact on firm performance por Torero, Maximo

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FUNDACIÓN CIAT por Agronatura

“…The CIAT Management Team proposed the creation of an independent, not-for-profit entity that would contribute more effectively and efficiently to CIAT's mission in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).…”
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Bean Program Position Paper por International Center for Tropical Agriculture

“…Position paper describing the significance of beans and other grain legumes to the diets of Latin Americans, and objectives and progress of the CIAT program for the improvement of bean productivity and quality. …”
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An inclusive rural transformation in progress, but with unequal pace and characteristics across countries por Benfica, Rui

“…This analysis looks at the trends in the levels and pace of structural and rural transformation, and the degree of inclusiveness across Latin America and the Caribbean region (LAC), highlighting the disparities across countries. …”
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Determinants of time allocation to rural nonfarm activities in Central America: The role of infrastructure and education por Barron, Manuel, Torero, Máximo

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Impact of trade and macroeconomic policies on agricultural growth: the South American experience por Valdés, Alberto

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Union density changes and union effects on firm performance in Peru por Torero, Maximo, Saavedra, Jaime

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The political economy of social protection in Honduras and Nicaragua por Moore, Charity

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Conditional cash transfer programs and health por Morris, Saul S.

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The end of the hamburger connection? Livestock and deforestation in Central America in the 1980s and 1990s por Kaimowitz, D.

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Municipal forest management in Nicaragua: decentralized burdens, decentralized benefits por Larson, A.M.

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Comeback for quinoa por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Amaranths were traditionally grown in upland regions of Latin America at the time of the Aztec empire. After the arrival of the Europeans the crop was gradually...…”
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The Internet and its impact por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Back in 1999, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) helped launch a competition for research projects on the social impact of communication and information technologies (ICTs) in Latin America and the Caribbean.…”
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Texts in Contexts: Reading Afro-Colombian women's Activism por Asher, K.

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