Resultados de búsqueda - "Latin Americans"

Environmental impacts of livestock in the developing world por Nicholson, Charles F., Blake, R.W., Reid, Robin S., Schelhas, J.

“…It discusses the complex role of livestock in developing countries, diversity of livestock production systems; health benefits from animal foods; livestock and the need for intensification; environmental impacts of livestock production; cattle and forest conversion in the Latin American tropics, impacts of livestock on biodiversity in sub-Saharan Africa; and livestock and greenhouse gas emission. …”
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Auditing gender in agricultural R&D organizations: gender mainstreaming in the CGIAR por CGIAR Systemwide Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis for Technology Development and Institutional Innovation

“…The CGIAR Systemwide Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis for Technology Development and Institutional Innovation (PRGA Program) conducted valuable work on gender mainstreaming in NARS in Africa, Asia and Latin American during its second phase (2003–2007), and developed key gender models and typologies during its first phase (1997–2002). …”
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La calidad de la educación agrícola desde la óptica de una corporación por Ross, Robert

“…Latín American Agribusiness Development Corporation S.A. es una compañía privada de inversiones y desarrollo. …”
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CCAFS supports implementation of the Regional Strategy for Disaster Risk Management in the Agriculture Sector and Food and Nutrition Security in Latin-America and the Caribbean por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Two major successes have been achieved, Chile adds to the group of Latin American countries that have adopted the LTAC approach (5 total), and Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Ecuador are designing their plans to implement the approach according to their context-specific needs and capacities supported by FAO-CCAFS collaborative work.…”
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The digital agriculture project has transformed the use of data to promote climate smart agriculture in Latin America. por Jimenez, Daniel

“…The Digital Agriculture project has transformed the use of data to support promoting climate smart agriculture and increasing yields in eight Latin American countries. It has promoted new open-source data analysis tools, built capacities to use the new technologies and assisted in the creation and application of new data sets to support decision- making. …”
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A 2020 vision for food, agriculture, and the environment in Latin America por 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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International Rice Testing Program for Latin America por International Center for Tropical Agriculture

“…From among this germplasm, the material considered most appropriate to the needs of the various Latin American countries la distributed through various specific nurseries.…”
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A review of tropical forestry and agroforestry problem areas and policy research needs and the planned response of the CGIAR system por Spears, J., Oram, Peter A., Byron, R.N., Scherr, Sara J., Izac, A.M.N.

“…Sara Scherr, who had been present at the international workshop and who joined IFPRI in 1991, participated in the Asian, African, and Latin American Workshops; Manuel Paveri of FAO also participated in the Asian, African, and Latin American workshops and provided a valuable link with FAO's Forest Policy Program. …”
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Tercer Simposio Internacional sobre Investigación en Mejoramiento Genético en Plantas Medicinales y Aromáticas y II Simposio Latinoamericanno en Producción de Plantas Medinales y A...

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The adoption of an improved rice variety (MAC18), which has reached 25% of Bolivian rice farmers, contributes to the adoption of other technologies and the increase of productivity... por CGIAR Research Program on Rice

“…The Bioversity-CIAT Alliance and the Latin American Fund for Irrigated Rice (FLAR) have disseminated germplasm through local partners across Latin America, which has contributed to breeding hundreds of improved varieties now supporting rice production. …”
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Quality characteristics of snap beans in the developing world por Cajiao V., César Hernando

“…Information about the quality requirements of some Latin American countries is provided. Research on environmental and agronomic factors affecting snap bean pod quality is also discussed. …”
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The use of agrochemical inputs in productive and sustainable tropical crop production systems of rice, common beans and maize por Laing, Douglas R.

“…A clear differentiation between plant protectants and fertilizers is provided. The focus is on Latin American tropics and sub-tropics and on three staples food crops (rice, beans, and maize) and concentrates on the work of the international agricultural research centers working with national partners and advanced public sector research laboratories in developed and in developing countries. …”
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CLIFF-LAMNET Summer School Course por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…The new Latin America Greenhouse gas Mitigation Research Network Network (LAMNET) invited students from Latin American countries, currently enrolled in PhD programs, to attend a short course on greenhouse gas mitigation and also to conduct greenhouse gas measurements in livestock and rice production systems. …”
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Hackathon CCAFS COP20 por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Latin American and Carribean hackers design innovative solutions to feed the world in a changing climate during a Hackathon on the sidelines of the 20th Conference of the Parties (COP20) in Lima, Peru, November 2014. …”
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Nutrition security in urban areas of Latin America por Sanchez-Grinan, Maria Ines

“…By paying special attention to the interactions of malnutrition with health and involving individuals and the community in development of new local-level networks for provision of care, Latin American cities can make significant progress toward eradicating malnutrition and food insecurity by the year 2020.…”
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Strengthening capacities for the scaling of Local Technical Agroclimatic Committees through collaborative action por Castellanos, Andrea Estefania, Martinez Baron, Deissy

“…MTAs enhance climate resilience in Latin American agriculture by improving decision-making and adaptation strategies. …”
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Networks in agri-food systems: Configuration, transformation and lessons from the “AgriLAC Resiliente” Initiative por Quintero, Katherine, Reyes, Byron, Lopera, Diana Carolina

“…This study analyzes how the AgriLAC Resiliente Initiative has transformed collaboration networks in Latin American agri-food systems. Using Social Network Analysis and a “usable past” baseline reconstruction, we compare actor-to-actor collaboration before and after the intervention. …”
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Hacia una prospectiva latinoamericana: un abordaje desde lo agrícola y lo alimentario por Aguilar Torrico, Tatiana Lena, Papagno, Silvina Graciela, Mariano, Roberto, Vitale Gutierrez, Javier Alejandro, Aceituno Olivares, Paola

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The 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment in Latin America: a synthesis por Garrett, James L.

“…This synthesis is based on discussions among some 30 Latin American researchers, technical experts, and policymakers who participated in the workshop. …”
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Scenarios for trade integration in the Americas por Diao, Xinshen, Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Robinson, Sherman

“…The empirical results show that the two regional integration scenarios create trade and increase welfare for the participants (more for the Latin American countries than for either the US or the EU) with little impact on non-participants. …”
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