Short-term trends show that livestock production is becoming an increasingly important factor in regional development, possibly because of the combined effect of increasing the forages on offer and planting crops better adapted to the environmental and economic conditions of marginal areas and th...
Rivas Ríos, Libardo
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[Ganadería y deforestación en América Latina Tropical: Qué podemos hacer?]
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Ganadería y deforestación en América Latina Tropical: Qué podemos hacer?
Rivas Ríos, Libardo
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Nores, G.A.
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[Evolución de la ganadería bovina en América Latina 1960-1976]
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Evolución de la ganadería bovina en América Latina 1960-1976
However, the distribution of these benefits among consumers and producers greatly varies according to the assumptions made for the type of economy (open or closed). The scenario with a closed economy reveals that the brunt of the benefits (86%) go to consumers; in contrast, in a partially opened ...
Sanint, Luis Roberto
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Rivas Ríos, Libardo
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[Tecnologías de mejoramiento de germoplasma que benefician al consumidor: los casos de ganadería vacuna y arroz en América Latina y el Caribe]
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Tecnologías de mejoramiento de germoplasma que benefician al consumidor: los casos de ganadería vacuna y arroz en América Latina y el Caribe
The paper reviews trends in land use change in the tropics and subtropics of Latin America and the Caribbean, and their relation to the evolution of the cattle industry in the region. It is posited that horizontal expansion is nearly finished, and that cattle sector, and the grasslands that suppo...
Vera, Raúl R.
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Rivas Ríos, Libardo
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[Grasslands, cattle and land use in the neotropics and subtropics]
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Grasslands, cattle and land use in the neotropics and subtropics
Rivas Ríos, Libardo
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[Estudios de adopción de nuevas tecnologías agropecuarias : Adopción, medición del uso de innovaciones tecnológicas, patrones de uso, medición de la productividad]
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Estudios de adopción de nuevas tecnologías agropecuarias : Adopción, medición del uso de innovaciones tecnológicas, patrones de uso, medición de la productividad
Income in Latin America is highly concentrated, more than in any other developing region of the world. Despite the fact that economic growth is an important element in the struggle against poverty, it alone does not guarantee alleviation or eradication of this phenomenon. Economic growth could fa...
Rivas Ríos, Libardo
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García C., J.A.
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[Tendencias y evolución de la ganadería vacuna en Asia y Africa]
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Tendencias y evolución de la ganadería vacuna en Asia y Africa
The evolution of Colombia`s agricultural sector is analyzed for 1970-1997 regarding three issues: (1) analysis of the sector`s historical development, with special emphasis on the 90s; (2) estimate of production indexes, inputs, and multifactorial productivity; and (3) adjustment of econometric m...
Rivas Ríos, Libardo
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López, G.
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Pachico, Douglas H.
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[Evolución de la productividad agropecuaria en Colombia 1970-1997]
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Evolución de la productividad agropecuaria en Colombia 1970-1997
Holmann, Federico J.
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Rivas Ríos, Libardo
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Carulla, J.
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Giraldo, L.A.
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Guzmán, S.
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Martínez, M.
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Rivera, B.
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Medina, A.
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Farrow, Andrew
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[Evolution of milk production systems in the tropics of Latin America and its interrelationship with markets: An analysis of the Colombian case]
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Evolution of milk production systems in the tropics of Latin America and its interrelationship with markets: An analysis of the Colombian case