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Community Resilience: A Perspective from Latin America and the Caribbean by Gonzales-Iwanciw, Javier, Guáqueta, Victoria, Castañeda, Edna, Le Coq, Jean-François, Postigo, Julio C

“…The identification of these elements sheds light on components for the agendas of the research community and practitioners and policy makers in Latin America and the Caribbean.…”
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Climate Security Nexus in Latin America and the Caribbean: Venezuela and Colombia by Madurga Lopez, Ignacio M., Dutta Gupta, Tanaya, Castellanos, Andrea, Martínez Barón, Deissy, Pacillo, Grazia

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CGIAR II in Latin America and the Carribean: priorities, organization and financing by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

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Monitoring and Follow-up survey of the rice sector in Latin America by CGIAR Research Program on Rice

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Latin America and the Caribbean: COVID-19 & Global Food Security by Piñeiro, Valeria

Subjects: “…latin america…”
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Presentation for Food Security and Agrifood Trade in Latin America and the Caribbean by Illescas, Nelson, Tejeda Rodriguez, Agustin

“…The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) cordially invite you to the launch of the report: Food Security and Agrifood Trade in Latin America and the Caribbean, La Seguridad Alimentaria y el Comercio Agroalimentario en América Latina y el Caribe. …”
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Market governance and mechanisms for silvo-pastoral systems in Latin America by Burkart, Stefan

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Latin American Agricultural Research. The Public Sector: Problems and Perspectives by Pineiro, M., Trigo, E. J.

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Duality, urbanization, and modernization of agrifood systems in Latin America and the Caribbean by Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Echeverria, Ruben G.

“…The agriculture sector in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is certainly not homogeneous, covering a variety of very different agroecological and climate zones, along a south-north axis.1 There are three large agricultural producers: Brazil (close to 48 percent of total agricultural production in the region on average during the 2010s), Argentina (almost 14 percent), and Mexico (about 12 percent), along with several intermediate and small producers, which, added together, have as much agricultural production as Argentina and Mexico combined. …”
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Future foodscapes: Re-imagining agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean by Morris, Michael, Sebastian, Ashwini, Perego, Viviana Maria Eugenia, Nash, John D., Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Piñeiro, Valeria, Laborde Debucquet, David, Thomas, Timothy S., Prabhala, Pradeep, Arias, Joaquin, De Salvo, Carmine Paolo, Centurión, Miriam

“…Agriculture and food systems in Latin America and the Caribbean Region (LAC) are rightfully recognized as among the most successful on the planet: they have fed a fast-growing population, facilitated economic development, enabled urbanization, generated substantial exports, and helped drive down global hunger and poverty. …”
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The agricultural R&D investment gap in Latin America and the Caribbean by Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, Falconi, César A.

“…To do this the study uses a new indicator, the ASTI Intensity Index (AII) to measure agricultural R&D intensity in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and compares research intensity with that of other regions and between countries within the region. …”
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Forum on food systems and obesity in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) by Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Rapallo, Ricardo, Intini, Joao, Paz, Florencia, Hernández, Yenory

“…As a start for the joint work program, FAO and IFPRI organized a meeting of experts and stakeholders to discuss the structure and linkages between the current operation of food systems and their impact on overweight and obesity levels in the population of Latin America and the Caribbean. The main objective of the joint work program is to help LAC countries develop and implement efficient and equitable policy options and interventions that can turn around current trends towards increases in obesity and overweight of their population. …”
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Droughts augment youth migration in northern Latin America and the Caribbean by Baez, Javier, Caruso, German, Mueller, Valerie, Niu, Chiyu

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Delivery of a biofortified food basket in Latin America and the Caribbean by Nutti, Marilia

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Bioeconomy pathways: Experience from Africa, Asia, and Latin America by Glatzel, Katrin, Virchow, Detlef, Nakitto, Aisha Musaazi S., Niyonsenga, Seraphin, Babu, Suresh Chandra, Srivastava, Nandita, Kashandula, Progress, Ecuru, Julius, Osano, Philip

“…Building on this analysis, this chapter provides a snapshot of how different countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America are choosing their own context-specific bioeconomy entry points and pathways. …”
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The effect of WTO and FTAA on agriculture and the rural sector in Latin America by Morley, Samuel, Piñeiro, Valeria

“…The paper introduces international commodity price changes derived from a world model into national Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) and microsimulation models for fifteen (15) Latin American countries to estimate how FTAA and WTO would affect sectoral output, employment, wages and poverty levels at the national level for each of the countries. …”
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Irrigation and water resources in Latin America and the Caribbean: challenges and strategies by Ringler, Claudia, Rosegrant, Mark W., Paisner, Michael S.

“…Latin America and the Caribbean are relatively well endowed with water resources. …”
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Urbanization in Latin America: constraints and opportunities for child feeding and care by Ruel, Marie T.

“…Urban and rural differences in breastfeeding and complementary feeding patterns are also examined to improve our understanding of the potential constraints and opportunities for the promotion of processed complementary foods in Latin America. Programmatic issues that need to be considered in designing and targeting such interventions in largely urbanized Latin America are also discussed.…”
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A 2020 vision for food, agriculture, and the environment in Latin America by Garrett, James L.

“…This is a thoughtful statement representing a genuine Latin American perspective of the goals and strategies relating to food, agriculture, and the environment as we head toward the year 2020. …”
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Agricultural innovation in Latin America: understanding the private sector's role by Pomareda, Carlos, Hartwich, Frank

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