Search Results - "Latin Americans"

Measures taken in the context of the Covid-19 and discussed at the WTO Committee on agriculture by Campos, Adriana

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Agriculture negotiations priorities and sustainable development at the WTO by Calvo, Facundo

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Amazon deforestation revisited by Kaimowitz, D.

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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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Strategic planning of national or regional systems of biosphere reserves: a methodology and case study from Costa Rica by Cifuentes, M., MacFarland, C., Morales, R.

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Helping feed the world with rice innovations: CGIAR research adoption and socioeconomic impact on farmers by Mishra, Ashok K., Pede, Valerien O., Arouna, Aminou, Labarta, Ricardo Antonio, Andrade, Robert Santiago, Veettil, Prakashan Chellattan, Bhandari, Humnath, Laborte, Alice G., Balie, Jean, Bouman, Bas

“…Additional positive impacts are expected from the important uptake of stress-tolerant varieties documented in several Asian, Latin American, and African countries.…”
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Assessing the investment climate to promote a circular bioeconomy: a comparison of 15 countries in the Global South by Taron, Avinandan, Sathiskumar, Abinaya, Malviya, T., Bodach, Susanne, Muthuswamy, S., Gebrezgabher, Solomie A.

“…The World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business index and Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) indicate that Southeast Asian and Latin American countries are better positioned than most other Asian and African countries. …”
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Colombia: A public-private partnership by Beintema, Nienke M., Romano, Luis, Pardey, Philip G.

“…Despite efforts in many Latin American countries to diminish the government role in the funding and performing of agricultural research and development (R&D), general government revenues are still the predominant source of support for agricultural research, as in many less-developed countries (Pardey and Beintema 2001). …”
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Indigenous Peoples, Representation and Citizenship in Guatemalan Forestry by Larson, A.M.

“…But do these political institutions have the ability to represent the interests of minority and historically excluded or oppressed groups? Latin American indigenous movements are fighting for new conceptions of democracy and practices of representation that recognise collective rights and respect for customary law and authority. …”
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Coffee and cocoa value chains: Gender dynamics in Peru and Nicaragua by Gumucio, Tatiana, Yore, Hannah, Mello, Denyse, Loucel, Claudia

“…The report first reviews existing studies of gender and coffee and cocoa value chains in Latin American countries in order to identify principal trends; then, the paper focuses on Peru and Nicaragua as two country cases. …”
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Procesamiento de las raices de yuca para alimentacion animal by Best, R., Gómez, G.

“…The perspectives of increasing the use of cassava roots in animal feeds are good, especially in Latin American countries which import cereal grains to meet the demand of animal feed processing plants. …”
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El establecimiento de la industria de yuca seca en la Costa Atlantica de Colombia by Best, R., Sarria, H., Ospina, B.

“…This project has served as a model for carrying out similar projects in other Latin American countries. Results to date have shown the effectiveness of the pilot project concept to ensure that researchers and development agents responsible for generating and transferring technology will work together with the farmer to generate viable solutions to their problems. …”
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Challenges and Prospects for Scaling-up Ecological Restoration to Meet International Commitments: Colombia as a Case Study by Murcia, C., Guariguata, Manuel R., Andrade, A., Andrade, G.I., Aronson, J., Escobar, E.M., Etter, A., Moreno, F.H., Ramírez, W., Montes, E.

“…We propose three areas for improvement in order to scale‐up and meet international ER targets in Colombia, as well as in other Latin American countries, such as Mexico, Chile, and Argentina, which are also in the process of consolidating a large‐scale ER vision. …”
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Evidence for multiple maternal lineages of the invasive pest Helicoverpa armigera in Argentina by Balbi, Emilia Ines, Tosto, Daniela Sandra, Flores, Fernando Miguel, Arneodo Larochette, Joel Demian

“…However, the impact of natural migration and intercontinental agricultural trade on the establishment and spread of H. armigera in Argentina and other Latin-American countries is still a matter of research.…”
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Genetic variants in Argentinean isolates of Spodoptera frugiperda Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus by Niz, José María, Salvador, Ricardo, Ferrelli, María Leticia, Sciocco, Alicia Ines, Romanowski, Víctor, Berretta, Marcelo Facundo

“…In the last years, resistance of S. frugiperda populations to transgenic corn was reported in different Latin American countries. The baculovirus Spodoptera frugiperda Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus (SfMNPV) is a pathogenic agent for the fall armyworm and a potential alternative for its control in integrated pest management strategies. …”
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Immunity of Toona ciliata M. Roem. var. australis (F.v.M.) C.DC and Khaya invorensis A. Chev. to attacks of Hypsipyla grandella Zeller in Turrialba, Costa Rica by Grijpma, Pieter

“…In many tropical countries on other continents, these Latin American Meliaceae are not attacked or are less attacked by native Hypsipylas, although some countries report serious attacks. …”
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Fit for purpose seed supply systems for the implementation of landscape restoration under Initiative 20x20: An analysis of national seed systems in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, C... by Atkinson, R., Thomas. E., Cornelius, Jonathan P., Zamora, R., Chuaire, M.F.

“…This report presents a baseline of the national seed supply systems in 7 Latin American countries: Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, Chile and Argentina, drawing on knowledge from members of LAFORGEN, the Latin American Network of Forest Genetic Resources, as well as other experts. …”
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Some thoughts and proposals for a way forward by Campos, Adriana, Piñeiro, Valeria, Piñeiro, Martín

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Geopolitical changes and their implications for agricultural trade negotiations by Piñeiro, Martin, Piñeiro, Valeria

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Transforming agricultural support for a sustainable future: A Latin America and Caribbean view by Laborde Debucquet, David, Olivetti, Elsa B., Piñeiro, Valeria

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