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Región Amázonica
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/56604
Abstract
Las estrategias para prevenir la degradación y el
abandono en la región amazónica serán, por tanto,
fundamentales para la conservación de ambas regiones.
Ante este panorama existen tres grandes estrategias
complementarias posibles para la región: (i) la
conservación de los recursos; (ii) la restauración de áreas
degradadas; y (iii) el diseño e implementación de usos de
la tierra de manera eco-eficiente…
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Tropical Fruits
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/56608
Abstract
This document was prepared with the contributions and
support of diverse groups related to the research,
commercialization, and conservation of tropical fruits. The
exchange of ideas was achieved through individual
meetings and workshops with multidisciplinary working
groups whose ideas were molded here. The document
describes the areas in which the Tropical Fruits group at
CIAT, in cooperation with…
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Facilitating REDD in the Amazon: tools and methodologies to inform decision making
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66378
Publication year
2011
Authors
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Full Citation
CIAT, 2011. Facilitating REDD in the Amazon: tools and methodologies to inform decision making. Cali, Colombia: International Center…
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Household opportunity costs of protecting and developing forest lands in Son La and Hoa Binh Provinces, Vietnam
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/78561
Abstract
Vietnam has pilot-tested a payment for forest environmental services (PFES) program in an effort to restore and protect forest areas, some of which have been severely degraded by the excessive cutting of trees by small-scale farmers planting annual crops on steep, sloping lands. The pilot program implemented in…
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Genotype (G) and G x environment (E) interactions in sorghum in acid soils of the Oriental Llanos of Colombia
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55993
Publication year
2000
Authors
Reddy, B.V.S.
Rangel Becerra, Andrés Felipe
Full Citation
Reddy, Belum V.S.; Rangel, Andrés Felipe. 2000. Genotype (G) and G x environment (E) interactions in sorghum in acid soils…
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The promise of tropical agriculture
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/41704
Publication year
2012
Authors
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Full Citation
CIAT. 2012. The promise of tropical agriculture. Cali, Colombia: International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).
Publication Type…
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Consideraciones sobre las pruebas regionales de yuca en Colombia y sus alternativas
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82096
Abstract
The characteristics of cassava regional trials are presented and their role and the limitations to their use in Colombia are discussed. In the scheme presented, emphasis is placed on the relationships between research and technology transfer; the latter constitutes the basic link between research and agricultural production. Two…
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Sustainable milk and beef production in Nicaragua: actions and opportunities for an inclusive value chain
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77048
Abstract
In Nicaragua the cattle sector accounts for 36% of agricultural exports and presents an important opportunity for smallholder farmer livelihoods. Current extensive dual-purpose (milk and beef) cattle production leads to soil degradation, deforestation, high levels of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per unit of…
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Cassava genetic improvement
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81859
Publication year
2012
Authors
Ceballos, H.
Morante, Nelson
Calle, Fernando
Lenis Calderon, Jorge Iván
Jaramillo, Gustavo
Pérez, Juan Carlos
Full Citation
Ceballos, Hernán; Morante, Nelson; Calle, Fernando…
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Principales malezas del arroz tropical
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82181
Publication year
1997
Authors
Tascón J., Eugenio
Fischer, Albert J.
Full Citation
Tascón J., Eugenio; Fischer, Albert J.. 1997. Principales malezas del arroz tropical . In: Pantoja López, Alberto; Fischer, Alberto J; Correa Victoria, Fernando J; Sanint,…
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Manipulation of apomixis in Brachiaria breeding
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82033
Abstract
Until 10 years ago, genetic improvement of Brachiaria species depended entirely on selection among naturally existing genotypes, genetic recombination being impossible because of prevailing apomictic reproduction. However, recent advances in understanding the genetics and cytogenetics of Brachiaria, and the creation of a tetraploid sexual B. ruziziensis have opened the…
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Soils and plant nutrition
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82411
Publication year
1981
Authors
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Full Citation
Soils and plant nutrition. 1981.In: Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical. Cassava Program: Annual Report 1984 . CIAT, Cali, CO. p. 59-77. (Working document no. 1)…
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The impact of participatory plant breeding (PPB) on landrace diversity: A case study for high-altitude rice in Nepal
Department for International Development (DFID)
Abstract
Participatory plant breeding (PPB) methods were used to develop two farmer-accepted, cold-tolerant rice varieties in Nepal â?? Machhapuchhre-3 (M-3) and Machhapuchhre-9 (M-9). Both were derived from the cross Fuji 102/Chhomrong Dhan. Following the introduction of these varieties, the changes in the rice landraces and varieties that farmers grew were studied in…
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Sources of resistance to Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola races in Phaseolus vulgaris
Department for International Development (DFID)
Abstract
One thousand and forty-eight Phaseolus bean accessions were evaluated for resistance to six races of Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola. The accessions originated from regions of the Americas and Africa where the disease is important and included wild type accessions and some known resistance sources. Resistance, graded on a five-point scale, was of two types: qualitative, which was…
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Cassava breeding: opportunities and challenges
Department for International Development (DFID)
Abstract
Although cassava is a major food crop, its scientific breeding began only recently compared with other crops. Significant progress has been achieved, particularly in Asia where cassava is used mainly for industrial processes and no major biotic constraints affect its productivity. Cassava breeding faces several limitations that need to be addressed. The heterozygous nature of the crop and parental lines used to generate new…
