Degraded lands—lands that have lost some degree of their natural productivity through human activity—account for over 20 percent of forest and agricultural lands in Latin America and the Caribbean. Some 300 million hectares of the region’s forests are considered degraded, and about 350 million he...
Vergara, Walter
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Gallardo Lomeli, Luciana
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Rios, Ana R.
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Isbell, Paul
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Prager, Steven D.
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Camino, Ronnie de
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[The Economic Case for Landscape Restoration in Latin America]
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The Economic Case for Landscape Restoration in Latin America
Anderson, Pamela K.
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Morales, Francisco José
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[Whitefly and whitefly-borne viruses in the tropics: building a knowledge base for global action]
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Whitefly and whitefly-borne viruses in the tropics: building a knowledge base for global action
Plucknett, DL
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Williams, JT
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Smith, Nigel J.H.
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Anishetty, N.M.
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[Los bancos genéticos y la alimentación mundial]
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Los bancos genéticos y la alimentación mundial
Russell, N.
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[Investigación y cooperación en biotecnología en el CIAT: una invitación]
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Investigación y cooperación en biotecnología en el CIAT: una invitación
Originating in South America, cassava is now grown in over 100 countries around the world. It is the third most important source of calories in the tropics after rice and maize. Its caloric value, as well as its ability to tolerate dry conditions and poor soils, makes it a key food security crop ...
Originating in South America, cassava is now grown in over 100 countries around the world. It is the third most important source of calories in the tropics after rice and maize. Its caloric value, as well as its ability to tolerate dry conditions and poor soils, makes it a key food security crop ...