Search Results - "Latin"

Trade and agroindustrialization in developing countries: trends and policy impacts by Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Reca, Lucio G.

“…In contrast, policies have had more mixed effects in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and seem to have been just one component in a larger array of forces inhibiting economic development in Africa." -- from Abstract.…”
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Scenarios for trade integration in the Americas by Diao, Xinshen, Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Robinson, Sherman

“…The empirical results show that the two regional integration scenarios create trade and increase welfare for the participants (more for the Latin American countries than for either the US or the EU) with little impact on non-participants. …”
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Research on trace minerals in common bean by Beebe, Steve E., Gonzalez, Alma Viviana, Rengifo, Judith

“…The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important grain legume for direct human consumption, being especially important in Eastern Africa and Latin America. CIAT has participated in the DANIDA funded project on micronutrients in an attempt to assess the feasibility of improving common beans for micronutrient content, especially iron and zinc.…”
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The relevance of rice by Zeigler, Robert S., Barclay, Adam

“…This is particularly the case throughout the developing countries of Asia and is also true for much of Latin America and, increasingly, Africa. The benefits of such increased productivity will flow through to rice-growing countries’ landless rural and urban poor, all of whom (1) are net consumers of rice and (2) spend a large proportion of their income on rice. …”
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Agrobiodiversity and value chains by Borelli, Teresa

“…Through real-world examples across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe, this keynote provides a compelling case for integrating agrobiodiversity into food value chains to support climate resilience, nutrition, and local economies.…”
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Connecting economic impact of cassava diseases: CBSD as a major threat from Sub-Saharan Africa to Southeast Asia by Reyes, Byron, Esponda, Maria Del Mar, Schiek, Benjamin, Petsakos, Athanasios, Andrade, Robert

“…Understanding cassava diseases like CBSD from a cross-regional perspective is essential, as the lack of investment in preventive breeding pipelines in Southeast Asia—despite the availability of resistant genetic accessions in Latin America and the devastating precedent in Africa—leaves the region vulnerable to future outbreaks that could cost millions, highlighting the critical need for proactive, globally informed R&D strategies.…”
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Stakeholders co-design workshop on cattle, tilapia, feeds, forages and water management- Lusaka, Zambia by Mwendia, Solomon, Mapedza, Everisto D.

“…The Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods (SAAF) program is one of eight CGIAR science programs operating in selected countries across Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Launched in 2025 and scheduled to run through 2030, SAAF builds upon earlier CGIAR initiatives that concluded in 2024. …”
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Networks in agri-food systems: Configuration, transformation and lessons from the “AgriLAC Resiliente” Initiative by Quintero, Katherine, Reyes, Byron, Lopera, Diana Carolina

“…This study analyzes how the AgriLAC Resiliente Initiative has transformed collaboration networks in Latin American agri-food systems. Using Social Network Analysis and a “usable past” baseline reconstruction, we compare actor-to-actor collaboration before and after the intervention. …”
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Introduction to plant cryopreservation by Panis, Bart

“…The agenda addresses survey findings (e.g., crop priorities, 37.9% lack DNA extraction capacity, 69.0% bioinformatics skills gap) and ensures accessibility for participants from Europe, Africa, Latin America, and beyond. Week 2: Cryopreservation and Advanced Molecular Characterization (8-12 Sept) Objective: Deepen understanding of molecular characterization with genotyping platforms and reference genomes, and introduce cryopreservation techniques.…”
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Practical considerations and challenges of a cryobank by Panis, Bart, Vollmer, Rainer

“…The agenda addresses survey findings (e.g., crop priorities, 37.9% lack DNA extraction capacity, 69.0% bioinformatics skills gap) and ensures accessibility for participants from Europe, Africa, Latin America, and beyond. Week 2: Cryopreservation and Advanced Molecular Characterization (8-12 Sept) Objective: Deepen understanding of molecular characterization with genotyping platforms and reference genomes, and introduce cryopreservation techniques.…”
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Forests and the future: regional perspectives by Umeh, L.I., Omoluabi, C., Salleh, M.N., Prins, C., Tomaselli, I., Abdel Nour, H.O., Dombeck, M., Moad, A., Sayer, Jeffrey A.

“…Six brief articles envisage forests and forestry in 2050 in Africa (Umeh; Omoluabi), Asia and the Pacific (Salleh). Europe (Prins), Latin America and the Caribbean (Tomaselli), the Near East (Abdel Nour) and North America (Dombeck; Moad). …”
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Extreme conflict and tropical forests by Jong, W. de, Donovan, D., Ken-Ichi, Abe

“…Case studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America present a range of issues - from illicit crops and "conflict timber production, to the potential of peace parks for improving human security, social quality and biodiversity conservation.…”
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Back to the forest: Exploring forest transitions in Candelaria Loxicha, Mexico by Aguilar-Støen, M., Angelsen, A., Moe, S.R.

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Draft animal power and its research in Ethiopia by Astatke, A., Gebresenbet, G.

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Development and testing of low-cost animal drawn minimum tillage implements: Experience on Vertisols in Ethiopia by Astatke, A., Jabbar, M.A., Mohamed Saleem, M.A., Erkossa, Teklu

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Markets, technologies and smallholder dairy: partnerships for research-based development by Thorpe, W.R.

“…The dairy revolution: the growing demand for dairy products in developing countries (Latin America, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, South-East Asia and China) is presented in kg per capita and annual growth (1983-2020). …”
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Fitting a third-order markov rainfall model to interpolated climatic surfaces by Jones, Peter G., Thornton, Philip K.

“…Such preliminary surfaces have been constructed for Africa and Latin America and these allow a user to generate daily weather data (rainfall, temperatures and solar radiation) that can be used for purposes of system characterisation and to drive a wide variety of crop and livestock production and ecosystem models. …”
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The CCAFS Regional Scenarios Programme: External evaluation report on progress towards programme outcomes by Carey, C.

“…External evaluation of the CCAFS Scenarios Programme which was initiated in 2010 and is active across all five regions in which CCAFS is engaged, namely South Asia, East Africa, West Africa, Latin America, and South-East Asia. The evaluation concludes that "the CCAFS Scenarios Program is a well developed tool kit that meets all the criteria for achieving its demanding targets. …”
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Colombian supply chains: how public policy shapes agriculture by Parra-Peña, Rafael Isidro, Miller, V, Lundy, Mark M.

“…Over the last 15 years, public policies for rural development in Latin America have evolved significantly. One strategy that has been increasingly incorporated into national agendas involves the strengthening of agricultural supply chains through public sector initiatives, policies, and incentives. …”
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Historia y situación de la producción de frijol en los países latinoamericanos afectados por geminivirus transmitidos por mosca blanca: Región caribe : Puerto Rico by Beaver, James S., Morales, Francisco José

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