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Research activities carried out by CIAT in collaboration with national research institutions for the improvement of bean production in the Central American and Caribbean region are analyzed. In 1981, preliminary trials (EP) were planted in Costa Rica and Guatemala in an effort to identify promisi...

A methodology to describe quality and quantity characteristics of bean var. is presented. A complete list of data that should be taken is included and each item is explained. Data are classified according to the growth stage in which they should be taken: seedling, flowering, pod fill, physiologi...

Se presenta una metodologia para la descripcion de caracteristicas cualitativas y cuantitativas de var. de frijol. Se incluye una lista completa de los datos que se deben tomar y una explicacion de cada uno de ellos. Los datos se clasifican segun la epoca en que se deben tomar: en estado de plant...

The principal objective of on-farm trials is to provide feedback to the technology generation/var. improvement process. The trials carried out by CIAT and the Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario on farms in the Colombian regions of Huila, (10 farms in 1980 A), Antioquia (14 farms in 1979 A and 1980...

El objetivo principal de los ensayos a nivel de finca es proveer informacion de retorno al proceso de generacion de tecnologia y mejoramiento var. Se describen en detalle los ensayos realizados por el CIAT y el Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario en fincas de las regiones colombianas del Huila (10 ...

The principal objective of on-farm trials is to provide feedback to the technology generation/var. improvement process. The trials carried out by CIAT and the Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario on farms in the Colombian regions of Huila, (10 farms in 1980 A), Antioquia (14 farms in 1979 A and 1980...

El objetivo principal de los ensayos a nivel de finca es proveer informacion de retorno al proceso de generacion de tecnologia y mejoramiento var. Se describen en detalle los ensayos realizados por el CIAT y el Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario en fincas de las regiones colombianas del Huila (10 ...

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...

Cassava plays a major role in the food security of a large but weaker sector of the population, operating under complex, diverse and risk-prone farming systems. As the crop generally received low priority in the extension agenda of Government policies, direct intervention in the technology assess...

Brachiaria cultivars developed by forage research programs are delivered to commercial livestock producers through the vehicle of seed. Over the past 15-20 years, a large, dynamic industry has developed in Brazil for the production of Brachiaria seed. This paper describes the history of this indu...

Strategies that have been used for cassava development (market penetration, product development, market development, diversification, and integrated agroindustrial transformation) are described. The concept of the integrated cassava project is defined and its origins are discussed in the context ...

Se describen algunas estrategias que se han usado para el desarrollo de la yuca: penetracion de mercados, desarrollo de productos, desarrollo de mercados, diversificacion y transformacion agroindustrial. Se define el concepto de proyecto integrado de yuca y se trata sus origenes en el contexto de...