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Covid-19 and lockdown policies: A structural simulation model of a bottom-up recession in four countries
This paper considers different approaches to modelling the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic/lockdown shocks.
Climate change impact on Mexico wheat production
ASTI Mexico database
This dataset includes national-level time series data on researcher capacity by qualification level, age bracket, discipline mix, and commodity, as well as a detailed breakdown of agricultural research investment across government, higher educatio
This country factsheet presents key agricultural R&D indicators in a highly accessible visual display.
Esta ficha técnica de país presenta indicadores claves de I + D agropecuarios en una presentación visual muy accesible.
This food policy report is a response to growing concerns about the impacts of climate change on Latin American economies, agriculture, and people.
An innovation systems approach to enhanced farmer adoption of climate-ready germplasm and agronomic practices
By 2050, climate change is likely to reduce maize production globally by 3–10 percent and wheat production in developing countries by 29–34 percent.
Entropy estimation of disaggregate production functions
Mexico, one of the world’s 10 mega-diverse countries, has 56.5 million hectares of forest of high global value. Biodiversity occurs in a wide variety of forest ecosystems: humid and dry tropical forests and various types of temperate forests.
Opening up Pandora’s box
The global agricultural economy is changing. Commodity prices are declining, and producers increasingly supply complex value chains. There is growing interest in how farmers can benefit from emerging market opportunities.
Those who study global poverty and ways to reduce it face a perennial set of questions: Do advances in knowledge, research, and technology make a real difference in the lives of poor people? What effect does research have on the poor?
Maize, the second most globally important staple crop after wheat, originated in Mexico, where it is typically grown as part of a set of associated crops and practices called the milpa system.
Collective action for the conservation of on-farm genetic diversity in a center of crop diversity
"This project explored the possible role of collective action among small-scale farmers in managing and maintaining genetic resources in a center of crop diversity.