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Venezuela: Potential demand for cassava
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82062
Abstract
Price, credit, and government spending policies and their impact on agriculture in Venezuela are analyzed. The status of demand for fresh cassava is reviewed as well as the potential demand for both fresh and dried cassava. Cassava has much to offer as the cheapest source of energy in the tropics; yet the crop is out of the mainstream of government import substitution and…
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Why, what, who and when: an overview of the Cassava Biotechnology Network (CBN) and current cassava biotechnology research worldwide
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55841
Abstract
CBN is an informal forum for cassava biotechnologists, collaborating research and development specialists, and cassava research users. CBN`s research goals are genetic and processing improvements for cassava. Its development goal is to encourage interdisciplinary research in national…
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Seed systems of rice and finger millet in Nepal, between formality and informality
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/78170
Abstract
In Nepal, more than 90% of cereal seed flows from informal systems and there are regions and groups of farmers that are not connected at all to any seed networks with external seed supply. Nepal's agricultural policies and formal institutions are promoting the development of the formal seed system. However, knowledge gaps exist on…
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Mejoramiento genético. Mejoramiento de caracteres. Tolerancia a suelos ácidos
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82193
Abstract
The CIAT agronomy-soils subprogram, carried out in Quilichao, Colombia, emphasized the screening of varieties for tolerance to high Al and/or low available soil P, and the design of expt. to better understand the physiological mechanisms involved in these tolerances. Another screening expt. for P efficiency was planted in Popayan (Colombia),…
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Root and tuber crops in Trinidad and Tobago
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82282
Abstract
The supply and demand of root and tuber crops and their products in Trinidad and Tobago are analyzed; in this country, cassava and Colocasia esculenta var. esculenta are the main root crops grown. Aspects covered are characteristics of cultivated land, cropping systems, yields, socioeconomic profile of farmers, production vol., costs, and constraints, and marketing.…
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Forage agronomy in the thermic savannas (Cerrado)
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81754
Abstract
Se informa sobre la evaluacion de 352 introducciones de leguminosas (construidas casi en un 50 por ciento de Stylosanthes spp.) en (a) latosol rojo-amarillo y (b) latosol rojo oscuro bajo condiciones del cerrado en Brasil. La produccion de MS fue mayor en (b); las diferencias en el rendimiento de MS entre 2 sitios vario del 2 por ciento para Zornia spp. hasta 65 por…
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Differential species and varietal tolerance to soil acidity in tropical crops and pastures
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/54795
Publication year
1975
Authors
Spain, James M.
Francis, C.A.
Howeler, Reinhardt H.
Calvo, FA
Full Citation
Spain, James M.; Francis, Charles Andrew; Howeler, Reinhardt H.;…
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Prececal and cecal in-vitro digestibility of tropical legume grains for pig nutrition
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/56205
Publication year
2010
Authors
Torres, Julieta
Muñoz, Luz Stella
Martens, Siriwan D.
Peters, Michael
Montoya Marmolejo, Carlos Aníbal
Full Citation
Torres, Julieta…
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Adaptation of tropical pine plantation forestry to climate change
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/56190
Publication year
2009
Authors
Zonneveld, M. van
Leibing, C.
Jarvis, Andy
Full Citation
Van Zonneveld, M.; Leibing, Christopher; Jarvis, Andrew. 2009. Adaptation of tropical pine plantation forestry to climate change. In: Climate Change:…
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Mechanization of cassava production in Colombia
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/56116
Publication year
2007
Authors
Ospina Patiño, Bernardo
Cadavid López, Luis Fernando
García González, M.L.
Alcalde Torres, CA
Full Citation
Ospina Patiño, Bernardo; Cadavid López, Luis Fernando; García González,…
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The role of agrobiodiversity in strengthening the resilience of small-scale farmers: biophysical and economic trends towards 2050
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99461
Abstract
In this study we analyze the capacity of agrobiodiversity to increase resilience of banana-based smallholders in Uganda as affected by disease incidence or climate change and associated price changes until 2050. We explore trade-offs and synergies by means of various indicators of economic,…
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Enabling rural innovation in Africa: an approach for empowering smallholder farmers to access market opportunities for improved livelihoods
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/56161
Publication year
2007
Authors
Kaaria, Susan K.
Sanginga, Pascal C.
Njuki, Jemimah
Delve, Robert J.
Chitsike, C.
Best, R.
Full Citation…
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Nutrient cycling in tropical pastures, with special reference to the neotropical savannas
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/56187
Publication year
1997
Authors
Fisher, Myles J.
Rao, Idupulapati M.
Thomas, Richard J.
Full Citation
Fisher, Myles J.; Rao, Idupulapati Madhusudana; Thomas, Richard J. 1997. Nutrient cycling in tropical pastures, with…
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Developing seed systems with and for the marginalized: case of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in East, Central and Southern Africa
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/56162
Publication year
2007
Authors
Rubyogo, Jean-Claude
Sperling, L.
Nasirumbi, L
Kasambala, SP
Full Citation
Rubyogo, Jean Claude; Sperling, Louise; Nasirumbi…
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Towards a conceptual model of optimal investment in the conservation of agricultural genetic resources
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/56174
Publication year
2005
Authors
Pachico, Douglas H.
Full Citation
Pachico, Douglas H. 2005. Towards a conceptual model of optimal investment in the conservation of agricultural genetic resources. In: International Conference on…
