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In 1986 the project in Peru concentrated on 3 main activities: genetic improvement, seed production, and scientific training. The most significant advances in the coastal region consisted of the introduction of 35 advanced Canario type, BCMV-resistant bean lines. These lines were also evaluated i...

En 1986 el proyecto en Peru se concentro en 3 actividades principales: mejoramiento genetico, produccion de semilla y capacitacion cientifica. Los avances mas significativos en la region costera consistieron en la introduccion de 35 lineas avanzadas de frijol tipo Canario, resistentes a BCMV. Est...

On-farm research activities in 1986 continued in the areas of training, network establishment, methodology adaptation, technology development on-farm, and technology adaptation to specific areas. One early result is a better understanding of the variability in the adaptation of the newly adopted ...

Las actividades de investigacion en fincas en 1986 continuaron en las areas de capacitacion, establecimiento de redes, adaptacion de metodologias, desarrollo de tecnologias a nivel de finca y adaptacion de tecnologias a areas especificas. Un primer resultado constituye un mejor entendimiento de l...

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, ...

Training of scientists and extensionists at CIAT headquarters in the development, testing, and promotion of new breeding lines and agronomic practices continued to receive high priority in the bean program. A total of 180 scientists from El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Peru, Honduras, and Col...

La capacitacion de cientificos y extensionistas en la sede principal del CIAT en el desarrollo, la prueba y la promocion de nuevas lineas mejoradas y practicas agronomicas siguio recibiendo una alta prioridad en el programa de frijol. Este ano se capacito un total de 180 cientificos de El Salvado...

The study reported here monitored the introduction of an agroindustrial technology for processing the starchy roots of cassava for animal feed. CIAT transferred the technology from Thailand to Colombia, where groups of farmers began building drying plants under the guidance of the Colombian Gover...

En el presente estudio se hizo seguimiento a la introduccion de una tecnologia agroindustrial para el procesamiento de raices amilaceas de yuca para uso en alimento para animales. CIAT transfirio la tecnologia de Tailandia a Colombia, en donde grupos de agricultores empezaron a construir plantas ...

A complementary methodology to select cassava clones in advanced stages of assessment is presented; this methodology should be carried out jointly by farmers and researchers and thus increase the possibility of adoption of the selected clones. An attempt was made to establish feedback between tra...

Se presenta una metodologia complementaria de seleccion de clones de yuca en etapas avanzadas de evaluacion, la cual se debe realizar conjuntamente con agricultores e investigadores y asi aumentar la posibilidad de adopcion de los clones seleccionados. Se busco establecer una retroalimentacion en...

A Farmer Participatory Research (FPR) approach has been used in two pilot sites located in Malang and Blitar districts of East Java. The objective of the work, which was executed since l994, was to enchance the development and adoption of efficient cassava production technologies that are able to...

Latin American Fund for Irrigated Rice (FLAR): A new alliance for the rice sector The background, structure, mission, and objectives of the Latin American Fund for Irrigated Rice (FLAR, its Spanish acronym) are briefly described. The Fund, created in 1995, was the result of an initiative of sever...

Se describen brevemente los antecedentes, la estructura, la misión y los objetivos del Fondo Latinoamericano para Arroz de Riego (FLAR). Este Fondo se creó en 1995 por iniciativa de varias instituciones arroceras de la región que se unieron para dar respaldo y continuidad al trabajo de mejoramien...