This paper reviews the results of past research conducted from 1965 to 2000 in two major cassava growing areas, the northeastern and eastern parts of Thailand. This research was carried out by the Field Crops Research Institute, Department of Agriculture (DOA), in collaboration with Kasetsart Uni...
Tongglum, Anuchit
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Suriyapan, Preecha
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Howeler, Reinhardt H.
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[Cassava agronomy research and adoption of improved practices in Thailand: Major achievements during the past 35 years]
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Cassava agronomy research and adoption of improved practices in Thailand: Major achievements during the past 35 years
Howeler, Reinhardt H.
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Kawano, K
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Watananonta, W
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Tran Ngoc Ngoan
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[Working with farmers: Spreading new cassava varieties, improved practices ........ and new hope]
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Working with farmers: Spreading new cassava varieties, improved practices ........ and new hope
Pasture and forage plant breeding is complicated by the perennial nature of the plants, the diversity of environments in which improved cultivars will be used, and the complex criteria of merit involved, criteria that necessarily include some measure of impact on the efficiency of animal producti...
Miles, John W.
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[Achievements and perspectives in the breeding of tropical grasses and legumes]
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Achievements and perspectives in the breeding of tropical grasses and legumes
The FPR project in China is a cooperative project between CIAT and CATAS, and is financially supported by the Nippon Foundation of Japan. This paper mainly describes results of the FPR trials conducted in Hainan province of China and discusses the function of FPR in the transfer of cassava techno...
Huang, Jie
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Li, Kaimian
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Zhang, Weite
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Lin, Xiong
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Howeler, Reinhardt H.
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[Practices and progress in farmer participatory research in China]
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Practices and progress in farmer participatory research in China
Wünscher, T.
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Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
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Peters, Michael
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Rivas Ríos, Libardo
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Holmann, Federico J.
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[Early adoption of Arachis pintoi as a forage legume in Huetar Norte, Costa Rica]
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Early adoption of Arachis pintoi as a forage legume in Huetar Norte, Costa Rica
This paper describes two techniques used in Rwanda for integrating farmer expertise into bean varietal development. Standard farmer evaluation of on-farm trials can help: 1) indicate how varieties perform under farmer conditions; 2) better identify criteria critical to farmers; 3) target varietie...
In an assessment of the possible benefits to consumers and producers from snap bean research, four different technologies are proposed and their impact analyzed. Benefits are measured by using a welfare analysis and calculating the internal rate of return under different assumptions. The range of...
For more than two decades Thailand has built up an intensive and highly profitable cassava processing and export industry, mainly due to favorable price and quota policy regimes with the European Community (EC). During the 1980`s however, internal EC political pressure has attempted to reduce Tha...
Henry, Guy
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Klakhaeng, Kaival I.
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Gottret, María Verónica
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[Maintaining the edge: the case of cassava technology transfer in Thailand]
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Maintaining the edge: the case of cassava technology transfer in Thailand
Rivas Ríos, Libardo
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[Impacto económico de la adopción de pastos mejorados en América Latina tropical]
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Impacto económico de la adopción de pastos mejorados en América Latina tropical
The identification, introduction and development of cassava drying technology has led to a more stable and wider cassava market in several important cassava growing regions in Latin America. In turn, this has been an incentive for small-scale cassava farmers to increase both cassava area and prod...
Best, R.
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Henry, Guy
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[Role of small-scale cassava drying plants in improving equitable rural economic growth and development]
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Role of small-scale cassava drying plants in improving equitable rural economic growth and development