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
Since 1994 a farmer participatory research (FPR) methodology has been used with the objective of enhancing the development and adoption of efficient cassava production practices that will reduce erosion, maintain soil productivity and increase the income of cassava farmers in Asia. This 5-year FP...
Howeler, Reinhardt H.
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Henry, Guy
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[Farmer participatory research for cassava technology transfer in Asia: Constraints and opportunities]
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Farmer participatory research for cassava technology transfer in Asia: Constraints and opportunities
This paper attempts to utilize past cassava production, utilization and market trends, integrated with regional macro-economic developments, together with a general summary of current cassava R&D advances, to analyze the principal cassava sector constraints and future opportunities, both at the c...
Henry, Guy
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Hershey, Clair H.
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[Trends, constraints and opportunities of the Asian cassava sector: An assessment]
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Trends, constraints and opportunities of the Asian cassava sector: An assessment
An attempt is made to identify and analyze cassava technology adoption constraints (multiplication, var. diffusion, institutional, political, structural) and to describe an integrated research strategy that leads toward a more successful impact. Issues that should be considered in the research ag...
Henry, Guy
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[Adoption of cassava technologies: Constraints, strategies and impact]
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Adoption of cassava technologies: Constraints, strategies and impact