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Economics research at CIAT in 1985 focused on production studies, marketing studies, and training. Production studies identified farm level constraints, evaluated new technologies as solutions to these constraints, and assessed the adoption of new technologies. Since most beans in Latin America r...

En 1985, la investigacion en economia en CIAT se enfoco hacia los estudios de produccion y mercadeo y hacia la capacitacion. Los estudios de produccion identificaron limitaciones a nivel de finca y evaluaron nuevas tecnologias como solucion a estas limitaciones ademas de su adopcion. Las preferen...

In Malaysia, the processing of sago starch predates that of cassava, having been established before 1416. With its introduction, cassava, which is a much shorter term crop, quickly replaced sago palm as the preferred raw material among starch processors. Hence, except for a small amount serving t...

Economics research in the bean program continues to concentrate on production studies, marketing issues, policy analysis, and training. Diagnostic studies of current production systems and problems were conducted in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Per...

La investigacion sobre aspectos economicos en el programa de frijol sigue concentrandose en estudios de produccion, mercadeo, analisis de politicas y capacitacion. Se llevaron a cabo estudios sobre el diagnostico de los actuales sistemas y problemas de produccion en Brasil, Colombia, Costa Rica, ...

COSCA was initiated through the realization that the potentials of cassava depends on availability of more detailed and reliable information on the cassava crop. The general objective of COSCA is therefore to improve the relevance and impact of agricultural research on cassava by International Ag...

The general objective of the Collaborative Study of Cassava in Africa (COSCA) is, to improve the relevance and impact of agricultural research on cassava by international agricultural research centres (!ARC) and national agricultural research systems (NARS) in Africa in order to take full advanta...

During 1981 the analysis of the potential adoption and impact of improved cassava production technology was continued at various levels and included: farm-level studies of the profitability of improved technology and constraints to adoption; analysis of costs of processing and marketing; and rese...

Durante 1981 se continuo el analisis de la adopcion potencial y el impacto de la tecnologia mejorada en la produccion de yuca en varios niveles se incluyo: estudios sobre la rentabilidad de tecnologia mejorada en fincas y limitaciones para la adopcion; analisis de costos de procesamiento y mercad...

Background information is given on the Paraguayan cassava project, which aims at increasing cassava production and productivity through the use of improved technology while improving the living standards of cassava growers in Caaguazu and Paraguari. Different information retrieval procedures were...

Se dan los antecedentes del proyecto de yuca en Paraguay, el cual esta orientado hacia el aumento de la produccion y productividad de la yuca mediante el uso de tecnologia mejorada, al mismo tiempo que mejora las condiciones de vida de los cultivadores de yuca en Caaguazu y Paraguari. Se usaron d...

The methodology, based on the principle research-action, used to understand the social reality of small-scale cassava farmers in Guapira (Bahia, Brazil) is described. Specific objectives were to identify the main problems of the community under study, available production factors, and research pr...

Se describe la metodologia, basada en el principio investigacion-accion, utilizada para comprender la realidad social de cultivadores de yuca en pequena escala en Guapira (Bahia, Brasil). Los objetivos especificos fueron identificar los principales problemas de la comunidad en estudio, los factor...