Search Results - "Latin Americans"

Introduction: Creating context and unveiling crucial issues by Piñeiro, Martin, Piñeiro, Valeria

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Public stockholding programs and the WTO by Glauber, Joseph W.

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Genetic diversity and structure of improved indica rice germplasm by Wang, Kai, Qiu, Fulin, dela Paz, Madonna Angelita, Zhuang, Jieyun, Xie, Fangming

“…Distance-based clustering revealed that Latin-American cultivatedindicalines have tended to form their own ecological cline, which could serve as a potential heterotic ecotype for hybrid rice breeding, although they are still closely related to Asianindicalines. …”
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Livestock, ethics, quality of life and development in Latin America by Li Pun, H.H., León Velarde, C.U., Mares, V.M.

“…The aim of this chapter is to highlight some of the physical and socio-economic characteristics of the Latin American region; to discuss the economic, social and environmental importance of the livestock sector as a means of overcoming poverty, malnutrition and degradation of natural resources; to review ongoing economic and policy trends, how they affect the livestock sector and the implications for equity in access to resources, services and benefits; and to propose specific research and Development approaches to address some of the major economic, social and envrionmental challenges to livestock agriculture.…”
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Aggregation studied by laser diffraction in relation to plowing, soil organic matter, and lime in the Brazilian cerrados by Westerhof, R, Buurman, P, Griethuysen, C. van, Ayarza, Miguel Angel, Vilela, Lourival, Zech, W.

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La identificación y distribución de los salivazos de la caña de azúcar y los pastos (Homoptera: Cercopidae) en Costa Rica by Thompson, V., León González, R.

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The potato and its contribution to the human diet and health by Burgos, G., Felde, T. zum, André, C.M., Kubow, S.

“…On the other hand, in some rural areas of Africa and in the highlands of Latin American countries, potato is considered a staple crop and is consumed in large quantities with intakes that vary from 300 to 800 g per day for adults. …”
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Undernutrition, poor feeding practices, and low coverage of key nutrition interventions by Lutter, Chessa K., Daelmans, Bernadette M. E. G., de Onis, Mercedes, Kothari, Monika, Ruel, Marie T., Arimond, Mary, Deitchler, Megan, Dewey, Kathryn G., Blössner, Monika, Borghi, Elaine

“…Africa and Asia have more severe burdens of undernutrition, but the problem persists in some Latin American countries. Few children in the developing world benefit from optimal breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices. …”
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Negative impact on calorie intake associated with the 2006-08 food price crisis in Latin America by Iannotti, Lora, Robles, Miguel

“…Few studies have contributed empirical evidence of the nutritional impacts of this food price crisis.To assess changes in energy intake in response to food price shocks and in relation to calorie adequacy levels in seven Latin American countries.Data were drawn from nationally representative household budget surveys. …”
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General combining ability in 80 small-seeded cultivars of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) for seed yield and its components by Nienhuis, James, Singh, Shree P.

“…Sixty-two parents, including high yielding and widely grown small-seeded Latin American cultivars (`Aete 3,` `Carioca,` `Catu,` `ICA Pijao,` `IPA 74-19,` `Jamapa,` `Moruna 80,` `Porrillo Sintetico,` `Rio Tibagi`), new releases, and many sources of diseases, insect pests, and drought resistance, had zero or negative GCA for yield and its components at both locations. …”
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Multi-environment multi-QTL association mapping identifies disease resistance QTL in barley germplasm from Latin America by Gutiérrez, Lucia, Germán, Silvia, Pereyra, Silvia, Hayes, Patrick M., Pérez, Carlos A., Capettini, Flavio, Locatelli, Andres, Berberian, Natalia M., Falconi, Esteban E., Estrada Zúniga, Rigoberto, Fros, Dario, Gonza Cusipuma, Víctor Antonio, Altamirano Vasquez, Hernan, Huerta Espino, Julio, Neyra Valdez, Edgar, Orjeda, Gisella, Sandoval Islas, Sergio, Singh, Ravi, Turkington, Kelly, Castro, Ariel J.

“…The objective of this work was to detect genomic regions associated with field level plant resistance to spot blotch, stripe rust, and leaf rust in Latin American germplasm. Disease severities measured in multi-environment trials across the Americas and 1,096 SNPs in a population of 360 genotypes were used to identify genomic regions associated with disease resistance. …”
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Cadmium in cacao from Latin America and the Caribbean: A review of research and potential mitigation solutions by Meter, A., Atkinson, R.J., Laliberte, B.

“…This work was coordinated by Bioversity International and the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) through the Latin American Cacao Initiative (ILAC). We thank all the institutions and individuals that provided information concerning research on cadmium and cacao and contributed to the review. …”
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El mercado Latinoamericano de semillas forrajeras: desarrollos, tendencias y oportunidades futuras by Gallo Caro, Irieleth, Enciso, Karen, Díaz, Manuel Francisco, Burkart, Stefan

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Impacts of agricultural producer support on climate and nutrition outcomes with special emphasis on Latin America and the Caribbean by Glauber, Joseph W., Laborde Debucquet, David, Piñeiro, Valeria

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Are Plurilaterals a promising trade liberalization modality? by Bouët, Antoine, Laborde Debucquet, David

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Market access by Perini, Sofía C., Tejeda Rodríguez, Agustín, Morales Opazo, Cristian, Weber, Regine, Miranda, Silvia Helena Galvao de

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Latin America: A Model for the Global Plant Cryopreservation Initiative by Ellis, David, Vollmer, R., Souza, F.V.D., Azevedo, V.C.R.

“…CIP provided in-person capacity training for Latin American researchers in plant genetic resources conservation, with a special focus on cryopreservation. …”
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Patrimonial violence: A study of women’s property rights in Ecuador by Deere, Carmen Diana, Contreras, Jacqueline, Twyman, Jennifer

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Distribution of water-stable aggregates and aggregating agents in oxisols of the Brazilian cerrados by Neufeldt, Henry, Ayarza, Miguel Angel, Resck, DVS, Zech, W.

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Phosphorus fractions under different land-use systems in oxisols of the Brazilian cerrados by Westerhof, R, Silva, J.E. da, Ayarza, Miguel Angel, Zech, W.

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