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Book Agricultural research in Latin America and the Caribbean

Download or read book Agricultural research in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Stads, Gert-Jan and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2016-04-27 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report assesses trends in investments, human resource capacity, and research outputs in agricultural R&D—excluding the private (for-profit) sector—in LAC. It is an update of Stads and Beintema (2009), covering a more complete set of countries and focusing primarily on developments during 2006–2012/2013.1 The analysis draws largely from a set of country factsheets prepared by Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI), which is led by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), using comprehensive datasets derived from primary surveys and additional secondary sources targeting close to 700 agencies in 27 LAC countries.

Book Agricultural Production in Latin America and the Caribbean  International Organizations and Regional Programs

Download or read book Agricultural Production in Latin America and the Caribbean International Organizations and Regional Programs written by Martin E. Piñeiro and published by IICA Biblioteca Venezuela. This book was released on 1986 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Structural Adjustment and the Agricultural Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean

Download or read book Structural Adjustment and the Agricultural Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean written by John Weeks and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-03 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a result of the regional debt crisis, most governments of Latin America in the 1980s entered into a process of profound policy change, from an import substitution oriented strategy to a focus upon export-promotion, with an emphasis upon market liberalisation. According to mainstream economic theory, the effect of this shift would be to favour agriculture. This book, with contributors from Latin America and Europe, surveys the results on agriculture of a decade of policy change, and to produce new and unexpected insights.

Book Technical Change And Social Conflict In Agriculture

Download or read book Technical Change And Social Conflict In Agriculture written by Martin E Pineiro and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-21 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the intellectual production of the first phase of the Cooperative Research Project on Agricultural Technology in Latin America (PROTAAL) and the most relevant papers presented by invitees at a meeting held in San Jose, Costa Rica in September 1981.

Book Agricultural Technology Transfer Between Latin America and the Caribbean

Download or read book Agricultural Technology Transfer Between Latin America and the Caribbean written by and published by IICA Biblioteca Venezuela. This book was released on with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Agricultural Research in the Caribbean  Some Policy and Organizational Alternatives

Download or read book Agricultural Research in the Caribbean Some Policy and Organizational Alternatives written by Eduardo Trigo and published by IICA Biblioteca Venezuela. This book was released on 1988 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The small-country probem: conflict between resources and needs; Some ppolicy alternatives; Concentration of efforts to maximize the impact of availabel reources; Better coordination of research and technology transfer activities; Increasing national research capacities through donor assistance; Multiplying national research capacities through networking and international cooperation.

Book Plan of Joint Action for Agricultural Reactivation in Latin America and the Caribbean  Principal Document

Download or read book Plan of Joint Action for Agricultural Reactivation in Latin America and the Caribbean Principal Document written by and published by IICA Biblioteca Venezuela. This book was released on 1989 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Public Agricultural Research in Latin America and the Caribbean

Download or read book Public Agricultural Research in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Gert-Jan Stads and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The countries of Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) represent a wealth of natural resources; the world's greatest agrobiodiversity; and immense economic, social, and environmental diversity. As an example, the region is home to Brazil--the world's fifth-largest country in terms of both area and population--yet it also comprises numerous Caribbean island nations populated by fewer than 100,000 people. Nonetheless, LAC countries exhibit much commonality, including significant urban populations, high ethnic diversity, and increasing inequality and poverty. Another shared factor is that many LAC countries have reformed or are in the process of reforming their economies through structural adjustment programs. Agriculture faces many challenges in LAC, especially in the context of development. Rising food prices are a growing policy concern for both low- and middle-income countries, and, whereas the region as a whole is a net food exporter, poor consumers suffer the negative impacts of food-price inflation on their incomes and thus on their health and nutrition. In addition, international value chains and supermarkets are transforming domestic food markets, thereby posing serious challenges to smallholders in their ability to remain competitive. As commercial agriculture expands, the agricultural labor market and rural nonfarm economy become vital if resulting productivity gains are to have a beneficial effect on rural poverty.

Book Seed Policy and Programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean

Download or read book Seed Policy and Programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean written by and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The meeting recognised the need for the sustainable use of plant genetic resources for sustainable agricultural development of the region. Discussions focused on the appropriate mechanisms required to ensure capacity for the maintenance, production and equitable distribution of good quality seeds from a wide range of plant varieties. The meeting agreed to establish the Seed Consultative Forum for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Book The agricultural R D investment gap in Latin America and the Caribbean

Download or read book The agricultural R D investment gap in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Nin-Pratt, Alejandro and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2018-08-17 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the importance of agricultural R&D investment to sustain agricultural growth in the future, this study looks at the state of agricultural R&D investment in LAC, with the goal of identifying the level of underinvestment in the region. To do this the study uses a new indicator, the ASTI Intensity Index (AII) to measure agricultural R&D intensity in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and compares research intensity with that of other regions and between countries within the region. The index can be used to identify potential under investors, determine intensity gaps and quantify R&D investment needed to close this gap by comparing countries with similar characteristics. Results obtained using a sample of 100 countries including 29 LAC countries show that despite rapid growth in R&D investment after 2004, the region shows low levels of intensity and the largest R&D intensity gap when compared to other regions. Results also show large differences between countries in the region. The Southern Cone (Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay) is among the regions showing highest levels of research intensity globally. Low levels of R&D intensity in the region are explained mainly by countries in Central America and by Andean countries. Results also show that the intensity gap represents almost 75 percent of total R&D investment in 2012 and that the region will need to increase investment from $5 to $8.5 billion 2011 PPP to close the intensity gap.

Book Proceedings of the Workshop Strengthening Agricultural Research in Latin America and the Caribbean

Download or read book Proceedings of the Workshop Strengthening Agricultural Research in Latin America and the Caribbean written by International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dynamis of Agricultural Research Organization in Latin America

Download or read book Dynamis of Agricultural Research Organization in Latin America written by and published by IICA. This book was released on with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Institutional Aspects of Agricultural Research Organization in Latin America  Problems  Perspectives and Policy Issues

Download or read book Institutional Aspects of Agricultural Research Organization in Latin America Problems Perspectives and Policy Issues written by and published by Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE. This book was released on with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: