Resultados de búsqueda - "Latin"

Organizing water education regionally: the innovations, experiences and challenges of three southern water networks por Rap, Edwin, Prakash, A., Zwarteveen, M.Z.

“…The paper presents and contrasts the experiences and challenges of three Regional Water Education Networks in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) - WaterNet (Southern and Eastern Africa), Crossing Boundaries (South Asia) and Concertacion (Andes, Latin America). These continental water networks emerged in the new millennium primarily out of dissatisfaction with traditional North-South development and scientific cooperation. …”
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A methodology for evaluating a location as a selection site for an international plant breeding program por Cuevas Pérez, Federico E., Amézquita, María Cristina, Rosero, M.

“…The method is illustrated using a set of data from the rice yield nurseries of the International Rice Testing Program for Latin America planted under the rainfed conditions of Central América and México during the period 1978–1984. …”
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An EST resource for cassava and other species of Euphorbiaceae por Anderson, J.W., Delseny, M, Fregene, Martin A., Jorge, V., Mba, C, López, C.E., Restrepo, S., Soto Suárez, M., Piegu, B, Verdier, Valerie M., Cooke, R.G., Tohme, Joseph M., Horvat, DP

“…Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is a major food staple for nearly 600 million people in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Major losses in yield result from biotic and abiotic stresses that include diseases such as Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) and Cassava Bacterial Blight (CBB), drought, and acid soils. …”
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Kinetics of moisture loss and fat absorption during frying for different varieties of plantain por Díaz, A., Trystram, G, Vitrac, O, Dufour, D.L., Raoult-Wack, A.L.

“…A variety traditionally used for the manufacture of thin plantain chips (Dominico Hartón commun) and three other varieties found in Latin America (Bouroukou, Bluggoe and FHIA 21) were used. …”
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CIAT Strategy 2014–2020. Building an eco-efficient future por International Center for Tropical Agriculture

“…The strategy also takes into account key developments in each of the regions where CIAT works – sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. Additional documents include: Realizing the value of ecosystem services for human well-being; Tropical forages for eco-efficient livestock production; Reducing yield gaps for sustainable intensification of agriculture; and Sustainable food systems for a rapidly urbanizing world.…”
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Rapid method for the assessment of trypanocidal drug resistance in the field por Eisler, M.C., McDermott, John J., Mdachi, R., Murilla, G., Sinyangwe, L., Mubanga, J., Machila, N., Mbwambo, H., Coleman, P.G., Clausen, Peter-Henning, Bauer, B., Sidibe, I., Geerts, S., Holmes, P.H., Peregrine, A.S.

“…Trypanocidal drugs are the most widely applied method of trypanosomosis control in Africa and the only control method in Latin America and Asia . Treatment recommendations and strategies for chemotherapeutic control of trypanosomosis depends on information of trypanosomosis risk and the prevalence of trypanocidal drug resistance in the area. …”
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Climate-Smart Agriculture in Grenada por Halliday, Andrew, Medellín, Claudia, Nowak, Andreea C., Lizarazo, Miguel, Imbach, Pablo, Zavariz-Romero, Beatriz, Prasodjo, Rauf, Baca, María, Argote, Karolina, Cervantes, C, Louman, Bastian, Jarvis, Andy, Corner-Dolloff, Caitlin, Edmeades, Svetlana, Bucher A

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Review of CCAFS Capacity Enhancement activities por Climate Futures

“…These activities are undertaken across much of the developing world, defined into the regions, East Africa, West Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia and South Asia (and to a lesser extent the Middle East and North Africa, East Asia, Central Asia and Global). …”
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Status of Taenia solium cysticercosis and predisposing factors in developing countries involved in pig farming por Kungu, Joseph M., Dione, Michel M., Ocaido, M., Ejobi, F.

“…Taenia solium cysticercosis is a disease of pigs and humans populations considered endemic in many developing countries of Latin America, Africa, and South East Asia having serious impact on public health and agriculture. …”
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Climate-Smart Agriculture in Nicaragua por Martínez Valle, Armando Isaac, Nowak, Andreea C., Corner-Dolloff, Caitlin, Lizarazo, Miguel, Jarvis, Andy, Kray H, Arce C

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Climate-smart agriculture in Uruguay por World Bank, International Center for Tropical Agriculture

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Strategic cassava R and D planning activities to maximize future impact por Henry, Guy, Best, R.

“…While the latter exercise can generate recommendations for the more general structural and organization issues, another case is presented of a strategy followed by CIAT in collaboration with Latin American national cassava program, in which cassava production, utilization and market research activitites, are integrated, which has been both efficient and effective in maximizing impact at the producer, processor and consumer level.…”
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Modelación de la Accesibilidad en ArcView 3: Una extensión para calcular el tiempo de viaje y obtener información sobre captación de mercados por Farrow, Andrew, Nelson, A.

“…CIAT donors generously funded the development of Accessibility Analyst, in particular, the Ecoregional Fund to Support Methodological Initiatives (managed by the International Service for National Agricultural Research); Environmental Economics and Indicators Unit of the World Bank; and the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Environment Programme.…”
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Institutional arrangements for implementing One Health and Eco-health por Grace, Delia, Kabayo, W., McDermott, John J.

“…Case studies for developing countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia are reviewed, across the spectrum of cross-sectoral integration. …”
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Grasslands, cattle and land use in the neotropics and subtropics por Vera, Raúl R., Rivas Ríos, Libardo

“…The paper reviews trends in land use change in the tropics and subtropics of Latin America and the Caribbean, and their relation to the evolution of the cattle industry in the region. …”
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Innovation for Inclusive value-chain development: Highlights por Horton, Douglas, Donovan, Jason, Devaux, André, Torero, Máximo

“…In this book, we bring together 14 papers (chapters)-of which 12 were previously published as journal articles-that present results of recent work associated with CGIAR and its partners in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The papers assess the opportunities emerging from new and expanding markets for agricultural produce and identify challenges to smallholder participation in these markets and the resulting benefits. …”
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Capacidad germinativa de semillas de 32 especies de malezas por Doll, Jerry D., Piedrahíta Castañeda, Wilson, Argel M., Pedro J.

“…Information is lacking concerning the viability and longevity of weed seeds in tropical Latin America. This study observed the germinative ability of seeds of 20 weed species common in annual crops and 12 common pasture weeds for two years. …”
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Adoption of cassava technologies: Constraints, strategies and impact por Henry, Guy

“…Examples of cassava adoption and impact are detailed, namely the adoption of Rayong 3 in Thailand and the integrated cassava drying projects in Latin America. Relatively too much emphasis has been placed on production technology development and too little on alleviating basic constraints on the adoption process, resulting in reduced technology impact. …”
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Diseases affecting cassava por Legg, James P., Álvarez, Elizabeth

“…Table of contents 1 Introduction 2 Viral cassava diseases in Africa 3 Viral cassava diseases in Latin America and Asia 4 Bacterial blight, phytoplasmas and frogskin disease 5 Cassava fungal diseases: foliar 6 Cassava fungal diseases: root rots 7 Summary 8 Future trends in research 9 Where to look for further information 10 References…”
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The plantain proteome, a focus on Allele specific proteins obtained from plantain fruits por Campos, N.A., Swennen, Rony L., Carpentier, Sebastien C.

“…Plantains are a kind of cooking bananas that are economically very important in Africa, India, and Latin America. The aim of this work was to characterize the fruit proteome of common dessert bananas and plantains and to identify proteins that are only encoded by the plantain genome. …”
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