Search Results - Community development Mexico
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Access to crop digital information and the sharing of benefits derived from its use: background and perspectives
Published 2020“…During and following the Second World War, Norman Borlaug, the Green Revolution pioneer, was able to mobilize crop diversity to develop dwarf stature, disease resistance, and absence of seasonal cues to breed higher yielding wheats in Mexico (Borlaug, 2002, 2007; Swaminathan, 2009) while M.S. …”
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Urbanization and the nutrition transition
Published 2000“…Obesity and its related diseases, for example, affect 25–50 percent of the population in countries as disparate as Kuwait, Mexico, Thailand, and Tunisia. This "nutrition transition"—a term used to describe shifts in diet, physical activity, health, and nutrition—can be traced to higher incomes, the influence of mass media and food marketing, and a range of changes in the nature of work and leisure....How can the food policy and public health communities, already burdened by the challenges of poverty, undernutrition, and underdevelopment, deal with the seemingly contradictory goal of promoting both greater and lesser food intake? …”
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Beans (Phaseolus spp.)- model food legumes
Published 2003“…In some countries such as Mexico and Brazil, beans are the primary source of protein in human diets. …”
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Forestry Decentralization in the Context of Global Carbon Priorities: New Challenges for Subnational Governments
Published 2020“…By examining carbon forestry projects and forestry decentralization processes across five countries (Indonesia, Mexico, Peru, Tanzania and Vietnam) with carbon forestry initiatives, we demonstrate how the role of SNGs is circumscribed by existing forestry decentralization trends. …”
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Collective action for the conservation of on-farm genetic diversity in a center of crop diversity: an assessment of the role of traditional farmers’ networks
Published 2005“…The results show that, while there is a well-developed local seed supply system based on sets of social relationships and involving multiple types of transactions, there is no evidence of collective action. …”
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Eco-agri-food systems: today's realities and tomorrow's challenges
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