Search Results - "Latin"

Global patterns and trends in the use and management of commercial NTFPs: implications for livelihoods and conservation by Belcher, B., Ruíz Pérez, M., Achdiawan, R.

“…To help fill this gap, we did a comparative analysis of 61 cases of commercial NTFP production in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Cases were documented using a standardized set of descriptors organized into categories describing various aspects of the production-to-consumption system. …”
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A global analysis of deforestation due to biofuel development by Gao, Y., Skutsch, M., Masera, O., Pacheco, P.

“…The analysis is focused on three regions from a global perspective: Latin America, southeast Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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How agriculture will address the Rio+20 challenges by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…McAlpine, Director, United Nations Forum on Forests Secretariat - Anne Grethe Dalane, Regional Director of Latin America, Yara International - Dyborn Chibonga, Chief Executive Officer, National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi (NASFAM) and World Farmers Organisation Chair: Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Chief Executive Officer and Head of Diplomatic Mission, Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN).…”
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Exploring the spatial variation of food poverty in Ecuador by Farrow, Andrew, Larrea, C, Hyman, Glenn G., Lema, G

“…We examine the geographic dimensions of food consumption in Ecuador, which has one of the highest rates of chronic infant undernutrition in Latin America. We use statistical and spatial analyses to examine the distribution of food consumption and food poverty and to test and generate hypotheses of food poverty estimates at the district level. …”
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Inheritance of anthracnose resistance in common bean accession G 2333 by Pastor Corrales, Marcial A., Erazo, OA, Estrada Salazar, EI

“…Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) germ plasm accession G 2333 (Colorado de Teopisca) from Mexico was resistant to 380 isolates of the anthracnose pathogen (Colletotrichum lindemuthianum) from 11 Latin American countries. Six frequently used sources of resistance were susceptiblc to many isolates. …”
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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. …”
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Adapting to changes in climate and implementing mitigation measures by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

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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: República Dominicana by Saladín García, F., Morales, Francisco José

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Cartografía de la cobertura de la tierra en el municipio de Puerto López, Colombia, utilizando imágenes de RADARSAT-1 y de JERS-1: Proyecto Colombia-8 GlobeSAR-2 by Beaulieu, Nathalie, Hill, P, Leclerc, Gregoire, Escobar, G.

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Uso de marcadores SNPs y SSR para la evaluación de flujo de genes en yuca (Manihot esculenta Crantz) by Pérez, J.C., Fory Sánchez, L.F., Velásquez, A., Duque, S., Herrera, P., Calle, F., Morante, N., Duque, M., Ceballos, H., Roca, W., Tohme, Joseph M., Gallego Sánchez, Gerardo J.

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How Agriculture will Address the Rio+20 Challenges by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…McAlpine, Director, United Nations Forum on Forests Secretariat - Anne Grethe Dalane, Regional Director of Latin America, Yara International - Dyborn Chibonga, Chief Executive Officer, National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi (NASFAM) and World Farmers Organisation Chair: Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Chief Executive Officer and Head of Diplomatic Mission, Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) Join the discussion: #rio4ag http://www.twitter.com/agricultureday http://www.facebook.com/agricultureday…”
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Banana sector: Agritrade Executive Brief Update 2013 by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, Eastern Africa Grain Council

“…Despite high production levels in Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi (mainly for local consumption) and a well established export market in Dominican Republic, Côte d’Ivoire and Cameroon (mainly to the EU market), the trade in dessert bananas is still dominated by Latin America. This Executive Brief presents the main developments of the banana market at global, EU and ACP levels, with special emphasis on the implications for ACP producers. …”
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Genotype (G) and G x environment (E) interactions in sorghum in acid soils of the Oriental Llanos of Colombia by Reddy, Belum V.S., Rangel Becerra, Andrés Felipe

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Races of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris, Fabaceae) by Singh, S.P., Gepts, Paul L., Debouck, Daniel G.

“…Multivariate statistical analysis of morphological, agronomic, and molecular data, as well as other available information on Latin American landraces representing various geographical and ecological regions of their primary centers of domestication in the Americas, reveal the existence of two major groups of germplasm: Middle American and Andean South American, which could be further divided into six races. …”
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Addressing nutritional disorders in cassava cultivation by Howeler, Reinhardt H.

“…It also provides detailed discussion of the soil and nutrient management strategies most suitable for the three main cassava-growing regions: Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.…”
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Mitigacion de riesgos en los sistemas de uso agricola de aguas residuales y ejemplos en America Latina y el Caribe. In Spanish by Keraita, B., Mateo-Sagasta, Javier, Qadir, Manzoor, Medlicott, K., Drechsel, Pay, Lamizana, B.

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The Challenge of 'Territory': Weaving the Social Fabric of Indigenous Communities in Nicaragua's Northern Caribbean Autonomous Region by Larson, A.M., Soto, F., Mairena, D., Moreno, E., Mairena, E., Mendoza Lewis, J.

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Cassava pest and disease management: an overview by Herren, H.

“…Management of the cassava mealybug and the cassava green mite has been highly successful using parasitoids natural enemies introduced from Latin America, the original home of cassava. Sustainable plant health management (PHM) that considers the crop plant as a component of an agro-ecosystem holds promise for management of diseases and pests on cassava.…”
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Mixed species plantations and their potential role in innovative production systems for forest restoration by Lopez-Sampson, Arlene, Chesnes, Marion, Baral, Himlal

“…In this report, we review and synthesize the state of mixed- species plantations in South and Southeast Asia, Latin America and sub- Saharan Africa, as well as examine their potential role as a novel production system that supports commercial reforestation efforts, environmental and socioeconomic resilience and restoration.…”
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El ordeño con ternero y la eficiencia reproductiva en el bovino by Alba, Jorge de

“…It is concluded that milking with calves is a contributing factor to inefficient reproduction in Latin American cattle.…”
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