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Gobernanza ambiental, adaptativa y colaborativa en bosques modelo, cuencas hidrográficas y corredores biológicos: diez experiencias en cinco países latinoamericanos por Barriga, Milka, Campos, José Joaquín, Corrales, Olga Marta, Prins, Cornelis

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Technical Advisory Committee Seventy-Sixth Meeting, 22-26 March 1999: Report of the Meeting por CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…It finalized studies of commitments in Latin America and the Caribbean, and marginal lands. …”
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Global horse population with respect to breeds and risk status por Khadka, Rupak

“…In 2008, there are 58.7 million horses in the world, South America dominating (15 millions) followed by Asia (13.8 millions), North America (9.8 millions), Latin America and Caribbean (8.7 millions), Europe (6.3 millions), Africa (4.5 millions) and Oceania (0.41 million). …”

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Beef production systems in the tropics I. Extensive production systems on infertile soils por Stonaker, Howard H.

“…Other large areas are in Australia and Latin America. Because of the author's personal experience, this paper will emphasize observations in Latin America. …”
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Exploring the impact of farmer-led research supported by civil society organizations por Waters-Bayer, Ann, Kristjanson, Patricia M., Wettasinha, C, Veldhuizen, L. van, Quiroga, G, Swaans, Cornelis P.M., Douthwaite, Boru

“…An innovative conceptual framework was applied to a diverse set of farmer-led research initiatives in countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America to explore approaches, outcomes and impacts of informal agricultural research and development (ARD) facilitated by civil society organisations. …”
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Globalization, structural change, and productivity growth por McMillan, Margaret S., Rodrik, Dani

“…Our results show that since 1990 structural change has been growth-reducing in both Africa and Latin America, with the most striking changes taking place in Latin America. …”
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A typology analysis of agricultural empowerment profiles in rural Egypt with a particular focus on women por Najjar, Dina, Frija, Aymen, El Garhi, Aman

“…Research conducted in the past three decades in Latin America, India, and sub-Saharan Africa shows that land access empowers women in their ability to produce food, to participate in public life, as well as in household decision-making. …”
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Climate security observatory: Guatemala summary for policymakers por CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security

“…Guatemala is considered to be one of the most exposed and vulnerable countries in Latin America to climate variability and extreme weather events, as well as non-climatic natural events. …”
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Marketing information operation in Ethiopia with special reference to the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) coffee trading por Girma Nigussie, Kinato

“…In addition, coffee is of particular importance as a major export commodity in many low-income countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia (Lucier, 1988). Similarly in Ethiopia, coffee is the most important backbone of the Ethiopia economy, which accounts for an average 5 percent of GDP, 10 percent of the total agricultural production and 60 percent of export earnings. …”

Progress in varietal improvement for increasing upland rice productivity in the tropics por Saito, Kazuki, Asai, Hidetoshi, Zhao, Dule, Laborte, Alice G., Grenier, Cécile

“…This review aims to provide the trends on upland rice cultivation over the last 30 years and recent distribution of upland rice in the tropics, and to report progress in studies on genetic improvement for enhancing productivity in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. While upland rice cultivation area has reduced in Asia and Latin America over the last 30 years, the area in Africa has increased. …”
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Agriculture-driven deforestation in the tropics from 1990-2015: emissions, trends and uncertainties por Carter, S., Herold, Martin, Avitabile, Valerio, Bruin, S. de, Sy, Veronique de, Kooistra, L., Rufino, Mariana C.

“…Uncertainties for emissions from agriculture-driven deforestation are ± 62.4% (average over 1990–2015), and uncertainties were highest in Asia and lowest in Latin America. Uncertainty information is crucial for transparency when reporting, and gives credibility to related mitigation initiatives. …”
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Carencias minerales en el animal que vive del pastoreo por Alba, Jorge de

“…These deficiencies have already been identified in Latin America and are rather serious in Brazil and Peru respectively. …”
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Drought is a major yield loss factor for rainfed East African highland banana por Asten, Piet J.A. van, Fermont AM, Taulya, Godfrey

“…Absolute losses on fertile/fertilized soils were similar to those recorded in well fertilized irrigation studies in Latin America. Our study suggests that drought-induced yield losses in areas of the East African highlands with annual rainfall < 1100 mm are perhaps as high as 20 65% compared to the wetter areas in this region. …”
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Functional and nutritional characterization of a natural diet based on BIO102 iron biofortified beans in newly weaned mice por Jiménez‐Cardozo, N., Díaz‐Vesga, Magda C., Gallego-Castillo, Sonia, Álvarez, Daniel, Orozco‐Agredo, Juan Camilo, Ortega, José Guillermo, Morales‐Jiménez, Camilo

“…Nutritional analysis highlights BIO102‐based diet's enriched protein content relative to regular maize. This study suggests that BIO102 could offer an alternative to address childhood nutritional deficiencies in Latin America through effective biofortification strategies, serving as a preliminary basis for future clinical investigations.…”
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AFLP analysis of African cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) germplasm resistant to the cassava mosaic disease (CMD) por Fregene, Martin A., Bernal, A., Duque E., Myriam Cristina, Dixon, Alfred G.O., Tohme, Joseph M.

“…Eleven accessions from a representative core collection from Latin America, previously studied by AFLPs, were included as a reference. …”
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The role of seed systems in the adoption of improved forages: the Colombian case por Enciso, Karen, Díaz, Manuel Francisco, Hurtado, Angie, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Burkart, Stefan

“…Forage improvement processes, which began in Latin America in the 1980’s, have resulted in the release of new cultivars and hybrids superior in terms of productivity, sustainability and adaptability. …”
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The rise of supermarkets and their development implications: International experience relevant for India por Reardon, Thomas, Gulati, Ashok

“…While we briefly review the US and European experience, we focus on the developing countries of Latin America and East Asia (including China), where the supermarket revolution started in the early to mid-1990s. …”
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Africa assists rice germplasm improvement por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Most modern rice varieties currently grown in Latin America come from a few parents closely related to those that were used to launch the Green Revolution in Asia.…”
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An inclusive rural transformation in progress, but with unequal pace and characteristics across countries por Benfica, Rui

“…This analysis looks at the trends in the levels and pace of structural and rural transformation, and the degree of inclusiveness across Latin America and the Caribbean region (LAC), highlighting the disparities across countries. …”
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