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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2013Colombia, Central America, South America
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1999Peru, Central America, South America
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1999Central America, South America
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1999Central America, South America
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1994Brazil, Colombia, Central America, South America
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2003Colombia, Central America, South America
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2004Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Central America, South America
Livestock production plays a key role in tropical Latin America in a changing economic environment. This study focuses on documenting the transformations of extensive production systems by using superior forage germplasm supplied by regional research systems. The adoption of improved Brachiaria grasses was evaluated from 1990 to 2003 to estimate its impact in terms of animal productivity and income in Central America and Mexico.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2013Colombia, Central America, South America
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 1989Colombia, South America, Central America
Using the farm as unit of analysis, diagnosis processes aimed at improving production systems are reviewed. Within a country, diagnosis should be conducted at different hierarchical levels: local (interaction between the production system and the input distribution sector, the marketing sector, possible forms of processing, and consumption characteristics); regional (appropriate selection of target site); and national (development trends and governmental policies at the macroeconomic and sectorial levels).
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2013Colombia, Central America, South America
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