Targeting agricultural research to benefit poor farmers: Relating poverty mapping to maize environments in Mexico

Food Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 476-492

  Bellon, Mauricio R ^a,b   Hodson, David ^a   Bergvinson, David ^a   Beck, David ^a   Martinez Romero, Eduardo ^a   Montoya, Yinha ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^b International Plant Genetic Resources Institute Maccarese   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biophysical data; Maize mega environments; Mexico; Poverty mapping; Rural poor; Targeting crop breeding

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; MAPPING; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL ECONOMY; TARGETING;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 28544447161     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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