An overview is given of the situation of farm communities in the dept. of Sucre, Colombia, where a cassava drying program operates. The lack of integration of the developmental activities carried out by different institutions is evident, indicating the need for greater participation in district p...
Se presenta una percepcion global de la situacion de las comunidades campesinas del Depto. de Sucre, Colombia, donde se desarrolla un programa de secado de la yuca. Se destaca la falta de integracion de las actividades de desarrollo realizadas por diversas instituciones, lo cual indica la necesid...
Souza, C.M. de
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Rios V., W.
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Lima, J.A. de M.
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Álvarez B., M.E.
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Portillo M., R.
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León B., A.
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Muñoz H., R.
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Rojo, J.A.
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[Acercamiento a la situacion socioeconomica de las comunidades campesinas del Departamento de Sucre desde la perspectiva del Programa Yuquero]
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Acercamiento a la situacion socioeconomica de las comunidades campesinas del Departamento de Sucre desde la perspectiva del Programa Yuquero
Those conferences in each discipline of the Bean Program that have had greater acceptance by the participants of the courses carried out at CIAT are presented. The material is grouped into 6 chapters covering topics on plant physiology and morphology, genetics, breeding methods, pathology, diagno...
Se presenta una seleccion de las conferencias en cada disciplina del Programa de Frijol que han tenido mayor aceptacion por los participantes en los cursos realizados en CIAT. El material se agrupa en 6 capitulos que abarcan temas sobre morfologia y fisiologia de la planta, genetica, metodos de m...
Due to the increasing extension of areas planted to cassava in tropical countries, the maintenance of biological equilibrium through adequate integrated control techniques becomes imperative as well as the collection of data on var. resistance, biological control, and cultural practices. Basic in...
A causa de la creciente extension de las areas cultivadas con yuca en los paises tropicales, el mantenimiento del equilibrio biologico mediante tecnicas adecuadas de control integrado se hace imperativo, como tambien la recoleccion de datos sobre resistencia var., control biologico y practicas cu...
Cassava is a regional crop in India, 97 percent of the production coming from the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. On a countrywide basis, cassava makes only a small contribution to total calorie intake; in the south, however, it ranks 2nd to rice. Data are presented on production and utilization...
La yuca es un cultivo regional en India; el 97 por ciento de la produccion proviene de los estados de Kerala y Tamil Nadu. A nivel nacional, la yuca representa un pequeno aporte al consumo total de calorias; en el sur, sin embargo, ocupa el segundo lugar despues del arroz. Se presentan datos sobr...
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[Global cassava research and development: The cassava economy of Asia: Adapting to economic change]
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Global cassava research and development: The cassava economy of Asia: Adapting to economic change
This book examins the food security threats facing 11 of the countries that make up West Africa - Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo - and explores how climate change will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable f...
Jalloh, Abdulai
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Nelson, Gerald C.
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Thomas, Timothy S.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Roy-Macauley, Harold
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[West African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis]
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West African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis
As part of a multi-collaborator research project on the potential of non-timber forest product (NTFP) trade for conservation and development the authors designed tools to assess the effects of NTFP trade on people’s livelihoods and the environment. To assess livelihood outcomes of NTFP trade they...
Kusters, K.
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Belcher, B.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Achdiawan, R.
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[A method to assess the outcomes of forest product trade on livelihoods and the environment]
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A method to assess the outcomes of forest product trade on livelihoods and the environment
Developments in the international institutional context and in the capacity of governments to ensure sustainable forest management in Central Africa lead to new approaches to participatory management being explored. The author reviews current initiatives in this field in Congo Brazzaville, Gabon,...
Nguinguiri, J.C.
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[Les Approches participatives dans la gestion des ecosystemes forestiers d'Afrique Centrale: revue des initiatives existantes]
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Les Approches participatives dans la gestion des ecosystemes forestiers d'Afrique Centrale: revue des initiatives existantes
Ilha Grande, an island in the south of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, has faced a long series of historical boom and bust cycles. Yet, during the last century, the island has recuperated most of its original forest cover, compared to rapid and continuous deforestation of the continental Atlantic f...
Wunder, Sven
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[Big island, green forests and backpackers: land use and development options on Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil]
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Big island, green forests and backpackers: land use and development options on Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil
Over the past few years, a number of Chinese researchers have collaborated with CIFOR and INBAR/IDRC in a systematic, two-phase socio-economic study of the bamboo sector in China. This proceedings contains a synthesis from the main research findings from research programs related to socioeconomic...
Fu Maoyi
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Yang Xiaosheng
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[Proceedings of Workshop on China Social Economics, Marketing and Policy of the Bamboo Sector, 16-18 June 1999, Beijing]
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Proceedings of Workshop on China Social Economics, Marketing and Policy of the Bamboo Sector, 16-18 June 1999, Beijing
This paper examines the conversion of Indonesia’s natural forests to timber and tree crop plantations, notably oil palm. The principal aims are to understand the impact of this process on natural forest and on forest-dwelling people, and to establish whether past and present policies governing th...
Kartodihardjo, H.
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Supriono, A.
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[Dampak pembangunan sektoral terhadap konversi dan degradasi hutan alam: kasus pembangunan HTI dan perkebunan di Indonesia]
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Dampak pembangunan sektoral terhadap konversi dan degradasi hutan alam: kasus pembangunan HTI dan perkebunan di Indonesia