This ECLAC annual report sets out and analyses the main foreign direct investment (FDI) trends in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. In the region, FDI inflows were up (by 13.2%) year on year for the first time in five years, at US$ 184.287 billion. This performance is explained by...
El presente documento constituye un aporte de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) al acervo informativo y a las deliberaciones de la “XVII Cumbre de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno del Mecanismo de Diálogo y Concertación de Tuxtla.” La CEPAL, como integrante del Grupo Técn...
Objective: Poor nutrition and ill health affect the productivity, livelihoods and food access of a household.
This study investigated the impact of a nutrition and health programme on the socioeconomic status and
food access of households in Suba district, Kenya.
Methodology and results: Action r...
King´olla, B
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Ohiokpehai, O
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Mbithe David, D
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[The impact of a nutrition and health programme on the socio-economic status and food access of households in Suba District, Kenya]
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The impact of a nutrition and health programme on the socio-economic status and food access of households in Suba District, Kenya
Calderón Torres, Shirley
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Sosa, Chrystian C.
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Khoury, Colin K.
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[Impacto del cambio climático para el 2020 en la distribución potencial de Achira (Canna indica L.) en Colombia usando tres modelos de circulación global de la familia de escenarios de emisión A2 = Impact of climate change for 2020 in the potential distribution of Achira (Canna indica L.) in Colombia using three models of global movement of the family of emission scenarios A2.]
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Impacto del cambio climático para el 2020 en la distribución potencial de Achira (Canna indica L.) en Colombia usando tres modelos de circulación global de la familia de escenarios de emisión A2 = Impact of climate change for 2020 in the potential distribution of Achira (Canna indica L.) in Colombia using three models of global movement of the family of emission scenarios A2.
Cassava is one of the most planted tuber crops in the tropical world. The importance of cassava is growing as a food security crop in sub Saharan Africa, where malnutrition is a menace. However, a major hindrance in the fast improvement of the crop is the long generational cycle of cassava and po...
Akinbo, Olalekan
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Labuschangne, M.
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Fregene, Martin A.
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[Embryo rescue as a method to develop and multiply a backcross population of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) from an interspecific cross of Manihot esculenta ssp. Flabellifolia]
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Embryo rescue as a method to develop and multiply a backcross population of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) from an interspecific cross of Manihot esculenta ssp. Flabellifolia
The intense debate over agricultural biotechnology is at once fascinating, confusing and disappointing. It is complicated by issues of ethical, moral, socio-economic, political, philosophical and scientific import. Its vocal champions exaggerate their claims of biotechnology as saviour of the poo...
Kelemu, Segenet
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Mahuku, George S.
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Fregene, Martin A.
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Pachico, Douglas H.
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Johnson, Nancy L.
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Calvert, Lee A.
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Buruchara, Robin A.
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Amede, Tilahun
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Kimani, P.M.
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Kirkby, Roger A.
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Kaaria, Susan K.
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Ampofo, James Kwasi O.
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[Harmonizing the agricultural biotechnology debate for the benefit of African farmers]
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Harmonizing the agricultural biotechnology debate for the benefit of African farmers
Carabalí, A.
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Bellotti, Anthony C.
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Montoya Lerma, J
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Fregene, Martin A.
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[Manihot flabellifolia Pohl, wild source of resistance to the whitefly Aleurotrachelus socialis Bondar (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)]
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Manihot flabellifolia Pohl, wild source of resistance to the whitefly Aleurotrachelus socialis Bondar (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
The food price crisis has led to assumptions that food price rises are due to inadequate food production, and that such food insecurity is linked to seed insecurity. Hence, in response to high food prices, seed resources worth hundreds of millions of US dollars are being shipped into vulnerable f...
McGrath, S.
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Sperling, L.
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[The links between food security and seed security and seed security : facts and fiction that guide response]
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The links between food security and seed security and seed security : facts and fiction that guide response
Fauquet, Claude M.
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Tohme, Joseph M.
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[The global cassava partnership for genetic improvement]
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The global cassava partnership for genetic improvement
Objective: To assess the 1999–2000 food security situation and the food relief programmes in Ethiopia, and evaluate the need for a national food and nutrition policy.
Design: A systematic search of data sources from the Ethiopian Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission (DPPC), the Ethiopi...
Kaluski, DN
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Ophir, E
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Amede, Tilahun
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[Food security and nutrition: The Ethiopian case for action]
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Food security and nutrition: The Ethiopian case for action
