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It is estimated that shifting cultivation accounts for about 70 percent of the deforestation in Africa, 50 percent in Asia, and 30 percent in Latin America of the 14 million hectares of tropical moist forests currently destroyed every year. Tropical deforestation is responsible for 18 percent of ...

Although the Philippines was the 1st Asian country to receive cassava from the New World via the Spanish in the 17th century, at present it is only a minor crop, grown essentially by smallholders who obtain very low yields (4-5 t/ha). There has been little government support although the crop fit...

Aunque las Filipinas fue el primer pais asiatico en recibir yuca proveniente del Nuevo Mundo a traves de los espanoles en el siglo 17, esta es actualmente solo un cultivo menor, producido esencialmente por pequenos agricultores que obtienen rendimientos muy bajos (4-5 t/ha). El gobierno ha brinda...

Activities of the tissue culture section of the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical were focused on the improvement and utilization of meristem culture methods for disease eradication (frog skin), germplasm conservation and international exchange as well as the initiation of research on ...

Activities of the tissue culture section of the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical were focused on the improvement and utilization of meristem culture methods for disease eradication (frog skin), germplasm conservation and international exchange as well as the initiation of research on ...

Indonesia is the premier example of a well-integrated cassava economy, where the multiuse characteristics of the crop are fully exploited. Av. yields range from 2.3 to 19.5 t/ha, depending on cropping system and, above all, land type. The 5 major cassava- producing zones are characterized. Cassav...

Indonesia es el principal ejemplo de una economia de yuca bien integrada, donde las caracteristicas de uso multiple del cultivo se explotan ampliamente. Los rendimientos prom. fluctuan entre 2.3 y 19.5 t/ha, dependiendo del sistema de cultivo y sobre todo del tipo de tierra. Se caracterizan las 5...

The progress achieved by CIAT's cassava program through training activities related to the crop in Latin America, Asia, and Oceania are given. In collaboration with the training office at the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, the cassava program in 1980 trained 38 professionals from 1...

Se incluyen los avances logrados por el programa de yuca del CIAT mediante las actividades de adiestramiento relacionadas con el cultivo en America Latina, Asia y Oceania. En cooperacion con la oficina de adiestramiento del Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, el programa de yuca adiestr...

The progress achieved by CIAT's cassava program through training activities related to the crop in Latin America, Asia, and Oceania are given. In collaboration with the training office at the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, the cassava program in 1980 trained 38 professionals from 1...

Se incluyen los avances logrados por el programa de yuca del CIAT mediante las actividades de adiestramiento relacionadas con el cultivo en America Latina, Asia y Oceania. En cooperacion con la oficina de adiestramiento del Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, el programa de yuca adiestr...

Scientific training at CIAT continues to support the efforts of researchers particularly with respect to the training of technicians in the evaluation of promising germplasm. For training outside CIAT headquarters, greater emphasis was given to the study of limiting bean production factors at the...

La capacitacion cientifica en CIAT continua apoyando los esfuerzos de los investigadores, particularmente en relacion con la capacitacion de tecnicos para la evaluacion de germoplasma promisorio. En la capacitacion en sedes fuera de CIAT, el mayor enfasis se dio al estudio de los factores limitan...

The activities on character deployment involve the recombination or use of desirable characters (e.g., level of resistance to diseases and insect pests, tolerance to drought, ability to fix atmospheric N) in commercial cv., according to the needs of the particular production region for which the ...

Las actividades en despliegue de caracteres involucran la recombinacion o uso de caracteres deseables (como nivel de resistencia a enfermedades y plagas, tolerancia a sequia, capacidad fijadora de N atmosferico) en cv. comerciales, de acuerdo con las necesidades de la region productora especifica...