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Impact evaluation of a conditional cash transfer program: the Nicaraguan Red de Protección Social by Maluccio, John, Flores, Rafael

“…In 2000, the Nicaraguan government implemented a conditional cash transfer program designed to improve the nutritional, health, and educational status of poor households, and thereby to reduce short- and long-term poverty. Based on the Mexican government’s successful PROGRESA program, Nicaragua’s Red de Protección Social (RPS) sought to supplement household income, reduce primary school dropout rates, and increase the health care and nutritional status of children under the age of five. …”
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Impact evaluation of a conditional cash transfer program: the Nicaraguan Red de Protección Social by Maluccio, John, Flores, Rafael

“…In 2000, the Nicaraguan government implemented a conditional cash transfer program designed to improve the nutritional, health, and educational status of poor households, and thereby to reduce short- and long-term poverty. Based on the Mexican government’s successful PROGRESA program, Nicaragua’s Red de Protección Social (RPS) sought to supplement household income, reduce primary school dropout rates, and increase the health care and nutritional status of children under the age of five. …”
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Development of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) lines resistant to the bean pod weevil, Apion godmani Wagner, in Central America by Beebe, Stephen E., Cardona Mejía, César, Díaz Arrazola, O., Rodríguez, F., Mancia, JE, Ajquejay, S

“…Resistance to the BPW was identified in bean germplasm of highland Mexican origin, and these sources of resistance were incorporated into a pedigree breeding program to recover locally adapted lines resistant to Bean Common Mosaic Virus and BPW, with commercial grain for Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. …”
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Estudio silvicultural y económico del sistema Taungya en condiciones de Turrialba by Aguirre, Avelino

“…, Cordia alliodor: (R&P) Cham; Mexican cypress, Cupressus lusitanica Mill: Pacific Coast mahogany, Swietenia humilis Zuce, and teak, Tectona grandis Linn. …”
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The impact of PROGRESA on school enrollments: final report by Schultz, T. Paul

“…The purpose of this study is to assess how the PROGRESA Program (Education, Health, and Food Program of Mexico) has affected the schooling of Mexican youth. PROGRESA is designed to increase school enrollment among youth in poor families in poor rural communities. …”
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Detection of a Tristeza-Seedling Yellows Strain in Spain by Ballester-Olmos, José F., Pina, José A., Navarro, Luis

“…It induced severe stunting, stem pitting, vein clearing and vein corking in Mexican lime and C. macrophylla; conspicuous stunting and seedling-yellows on Eureka lemon and Duncan grapefruit and stem pitting on sweet orange, grapefruit arid rough lemon. …”
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Identification and characterization of resistance loci to wheat leaf rust and stripe rust in Afghan landrace “KU3067” by Peipei Zhang, Caixia Lan, Singh, Ravi P., Huerta Espino, Julio, Zaifeng Li, Lagudah, Evans S., Bhavani, Sridhar

“…Afghan wheat landrace “KU3067” displayed high seedling infection type (IT) for leaf rust and low IT for stripe rust; however, it displayed high levels of field resistance for both rusts when tested for multiple seasons against the Mexican rust isolates. This study focused on identifying loci-conferring seedling resistance to stripe rust, and also loci-conferring adult plant resistance (APR) against the Mexican races of leaf rust and stripe rust. …”
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Calculation of Diagnostic Parameters of Advanced Serological and Molecular Tissue-Print Methods for Detection of Citrus tristeza virus: A Model for Other Plant Pathogens by Vidal, Eduardo, Yokomi, R. K., Moreno, A., Bertolini, Edson, Cambra, Mariano

“…The diagnostic parameters of each technique (i.e., the sensitivity, specificity, and likelihood ratios) were evaluated in a second test involving 658 Citrus macrophylla nursery plants. Mexican lime indexing was used to evaluate samples with discrepant results in the analysis. …”
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What is farm animal welfare? : a study of animal-based food consumers’ perceptions inMexico using the ZMET tool by Capetillo Hernandez, Cristel Alejandra

“…This study aimed to investigate the Mexican respondents’ perceptions in their role of consumers of animal-based food when forming a meaning for FAW. …”

A global assessment using PCR techniques of mycorrhizal fungal populations colonising Tithonia diversifolia by Sharrock, R.A., Sinclair, Fergus L., Gliddon, C., Rao, Idupulapati M., Barrios, Edmundo, Mustonen, P.J., Smithson, P., Jones, D.L., Godbold, D.L.

“…Tithonia diversifolia (Mexican sunflower) is a shrub commonly used as a green manure crop in Central and South America, Asia and Africa as it accumulates high levels of phosphorus and other nutrients, even in depleted soils. …”
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Common beans in Latin America and their constraints by Schoonhoven, Aart van, Voysest Voysest, Oswaldo

“…The most important insect pests in Latin America include leafhoppers (Empoasca spp.), cutworms, the pod weevil (Apion godmani), the Mexican bean beetle (Epilachna varivestis), slugs (Vaginulus plebeius and Limax maximus), and storage insects (Acanthoscelides obtectus and Zabrotes subfasciatus). …”
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Clave con fichas perforadas de las familias de los árboles mexicanos by Little Jr, E.L.

“…A preliminary card key to the families of Mexican trees is described, and two tables for the construction of this key are included. …”
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Drought research by National Bean Programme

“…In another trial to assess the performance of promising cv. identified under drought conditions in Ethiopia and Latin America, BAT 1198, V 8025, G 5059, Mexican 142, and Ex Rico 23 were the top 5 high-yielding lines. …”
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A new variant of arcelin in wild common bean Phaseolus vulgaris L., from southern Mexico by Acosta Gallegos, Jorge Alberto, Quintero, C., Vargas Daza, Jaime, Toro Chica, Orlando, Tohme, Joseph M., Cardona Mejía, César

“…Arcelin, a seed protein discovered in wild Phaseolus vulgaris L. accessions, gives high levels of resistance to the Mexican bean weevil [MBW; Zabrotes subfasciatus (Boheman)]. …”
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The complete nucleotide sequence of the genomic RNA of bean common mosaic virus strain NL4 by Bravo, E, Calvert, Lee A., Morales, Francisco José

“…Blast comparisons using coat protein (CP) and 3 UTR sequences showed 100% identity between BCMV-NL4 and the Mexican variant (US6) of this strain.…”
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A Contingent Valuation Approach to Estimating Regulatory Costs: Mexico’s Day without Driving Program by Blackman, Allen, Alpízar, Francisco, Carlsson, Fredrik, Rivera Planter, Marisol

“…To our knowledge, ours is the first study of an actual regulation to use this approach. We find that the Mexican program’s costs are substantial: up to US $103 per vehicle per year, about 1 percent of drivers’ annual income. …”
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Mexico - PROGRESA: breaking the cycle of poverty by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…In collaboration with the Mexican government, IFPRI rigorously reviewed PROGRESA’s impact on education, nutrition, health and rural poverty, as well as the program's overall operation. …”
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Combate de Fusarium thapsinum y Claviceps africana mediante semillas de sorgo tratadas con productos naturales by Montes Belmont, R., Flores Moctezuma, H.E.

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Food for education: feeding minds reduces poverty by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…In collaboration with the Mexican government, IFPRI rigorously reviewed PROGRESA’s impact on education, nutrition, health and rural poverty, as well as the program's overall operation. …”
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México - PROGRESA: rompiendo el ciclo de la pobreza by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…In collaboration with the Mexican government, IFPRI rigorously reviewed PROGRESA’s impact on education, nutrition, health and rural poverty, as well as the program's overall operation. …”
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