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We examine the geographic dimensions of food consumption in Ecuador, which has one of the highest rates of chronic infant undernutrition in Latin America. We use statistical and spatial analyses to examine the distribution of food consumption and food poverty and to test and generate hypotheses o...


Farrow, AndrewLarrea, CHyman, GlennLema, G[Exploring the spatial variation of food poverty in Ecuador]Exploring the spatial variation of food poverty in Ecuador

To determine the most important production constraints and associated yield losses for six major food crops in 13 farming systems with high poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and East Asia, surveys were conducted with 672 experts representing a diversity of backgrounds and experience. Resp...


Waddington, S.R.Li, XDixon, John A.Hyman, GlennVicente, M.C. de[Getting the focus right: production constraints for six major food crops in Asian and African farming systems]Getting the focus right: production constraints for six major food crops in Asian and African farming systems

Background Agricultural science can address a population's vitamin, amino acid and mineral malnutrition through biofortification - agronomy, plant breeding and biotechnology to develop crops with high nutrient contents. Biofortified crop varieties should be grown in areas with populations at ris...


Zapata Caldas, EHyman, GlennPachón, HelenaMonserrate Rojas, FAVesga Varela, AL[Identifying candidate sites for crop biofortification in Latin America : Case studies in Colombia, Nicaragua and Bolivia]Identifying candidate sites for crop biofortification in Latin America : Case studies in Colombia, Nicaragua and Bolivia
Börner, J.Hohnwald, MVosti, S.A.[From natural resource to pro-poor ecosystem service management in the Amazon: how to make the right choices?]From natural resource to pro-poor ecosystem service management in the Amazon: how to make the right choices?

This review has drawn on published research and the collective insights of a small team of experienced researchers to identify important trajectories in rice-based farming systems and to draw out the implications for agricultural research as a basis for discussion within ACIAR and the broader res...


Cramb, R.A.Gray, G.D.Gummert, M.Haefele, SMLefroy, R.D.B.Newby, Jonathan C.Stür, Werner W.Warr, P.[Trajectories of rice-based farming systems in mainland Southeast Asia]Trajectories of rice-based farming systems in mainland Southeast Asia
Hyman, GlennLarrea, CBarona, ElizabethLema, GPerea, CX[Poverty mapping: Central Peruvian Amazon: Alternative poverty mapping method]Poverty mapping: Central Peruvian Amazon: Alternative poverty mapping method

El objetivo principal de este trabajo es el de examinar la consistencia de los resultados de una metodología participativa para evaluar la pobreza con las medidas de pobreza de carácter objetivo y con lo esperado para dos cuencas en Colombia, de acuerdo con sus características. Los resultados obt...


Peralta, AGarcía, J.A.Johnson, Nancy L.[Dinámica y definición de pobreza en los Andes colombianos : Enfoques participativos versus enfoques objetivos = Dynamics and definitions of poverty in the Colombian Andes: Participatory and objective approaches]Dinámica y definición de pobreza en los Andes colombianos : Enfoques participativos versus enfoques objetivos = Dynamics and definitions of poverty in the Colombian Andes: Participatory and objective approaches
Peralta, AGarcía C., J.A.Johnson, Nancy L.[Dynamics and definition of poverty in the Colombian Andes: participatory approaches vs. objective approaches]Dynamics and definition of poverty in the Colombian Andes: participatory approaches vs. objective approaches
Autor: Castro, A.

Presentación de la dra. Aracely Castro, líder de suelos para LAC del CIAT, durante la primera Casa Abierta de 2013, dirigida a decanos y docentes.


Castro, A.[Agricultura eco-eficiente para reducir la pobreza]Agricultura eco-eficiente para reducir la pobreza

The struggle to find sustainable formal insurance for droughts in developing countries captures the attention of many in the development community for good reason. Droughts disrupt the development process, and the impacts of drought are exacerbated by an unwillingness on the part of the poor to i...


Díaz Nieto, J.Cook, Simon E.Läderach, PeterFisher, Myles J.Jones, Peter G.[Rainfall index insurance to help smallholder farmers manage drought risk]Rainfall index insurance to help smallholder farmers manage drought risk

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