The Ezra Taft Benson Agriculture and Food Institute is a 501 (C3) Corporation owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and operated as a subdivision of the Church's Welfare Department that has as its goal the improvement of the nutrition and health of the rural poor.
The Institute was originally formed as part of the Brigham Young University (BYU) College of Biology and Agriculture in 1975. It was named for Ezra Taft Benson, a U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, president of the LDS Church, and an advocate for the well being of farmers. The institute still maintains ties to BYU but in January 2008 it separated organizationally from BYU and became part of the LDS Church's Welfare Program.
The Benson Institute has focused on Ecuador, Bolivia, Mexico, Guatemala, Morocco, and Ghana.
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Artificial alimentation of bees using natural juices during the dry season, Ramiro Bernal Acosta
Determination of the microbiological load of the principal meat products sold in the markets of Riobamba, Miguel Angel Castillo Palacios
Role of farming women in the communities of Puculpala, Llulluchi, and Guzo, Quimiag, Chimborazo, Agusta Filomena Coello Arguello
General diagnosis and services developed in the Corral de Piedra village, San Juan Ermita, Chiquimula, Servin Ardany Flores Galdámez
Effect of the partial substitution of a commercial feed for corn meal on growth performance of chickens, Óscar Amilcar García Portillo
Assessment of the Availability and Exploitation of Hydric Resources in the Choquenaira Community, Luis Lizardo Iturry Urquizo
Obtaining and sampling of high quality energetic-protein mixtures (pottages) of tuber-cereal-leguminous bases in the Candelaria area, Maria Lilian Maldonado Chavez
Nutritional Education and its Impact in the Copalacaya, Choquenaira, Callisaya and Muruamaya Communities of La Paz, Rosa Yolanda Mamani Arias
Detection of antibodies against Brucella abortus in bovine, Celso Arturo Moreno Paredes
Nutritional and health behavior of the indigenous pregnant women in the community of Tunshi-San Nicolas, Chimborazo Province, Sandra Ordonez Gavilanez
Therapeutical assessment of the Spigelia anthelmia to fight "Endoparasites" in creole ovine, German Gonzalo Reinoso Munoz
Comparative study of six different types of subtracts in the production of earthworm humus and its productive effect in vegetables (radish, beet, white onion, cabbage), Romeo Byron Romero Mancero
Validation of the small scale agricultural production model in the community of Tunshi-San Nicolas, Monica Alexandra Zuniga Donoso
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Development and Biological Assessment of Fortified Foods with Andean Tubercles in the Candelaria Area, María Lourdes Ovando Sejas
The Study of Alfalfa (Medicago Sativa) Production In the Community of El Troje, Juan Leopoldo Penafiel Alvarado
Technological Processing of the Tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum) and the Project of Industrial Viability, Luis Alberto Rico Aranibar
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Nutritional and food situation of five communities of Canaviri, Colina Blanca, Villa Arriendo, Puente Arriba and Pocohata, department of La Paz, Bolivia, Juana F. Moraima Gonzáles Tapia
Food and nutrition situation in the villa Santa Chacoma, Hancara, Hichuraya Grande and Pan de Azucar communities of the Ingavi province in the department of La Paz, Bolivia 1996, Teresa Beatriz Iglesias Sandoval
Nutritional Situation of the Communities Pan de Azucar, Hancara, Villa Santa Chacoma and Hichuraya Grande, Department of La Paz, Ingavi Province, Bolivia 1996, Teresa Beatriz Iglesias Sandoval
The Nutritional Characterization of the Carob Tree in the Department of Cochabamba, Karem Khaterine Loma Mercado
Vitamin A content in preparations of plant foods with the highest consumption in the beneficiary communities of the Benson Institute, Ana Luisa Méndez Hernández
Processing and Conservation of the Little Corn in Aiquile province in the Cochabamba Department: use of antioxidants, organic and industrial evaluation, Saul Victor Miranda Fernandez
Diagnosis of livestock production in three communities (Tunshi San Javier, San Antonio and Maria Auxiliadora) using the Chambo irrigation system - Guano, Egresado Ángel Montalvo Silva
Study of livestock production levels in three communities near the city of Riobamba, Raul Rolando Nuñez Lopez
Diagnosis of livestock production in three communities (La Inmaculada, Tunshi San Miguel, and Ela Guano) using the Chambo irrigation system - Guano, Egresado José Orozco Cruz
Tests on the Elaboration of Soybean milk, Derivatives, and Industrial Feasibility Project, Ciro Pablo Kopp Valdivia
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Nutritional and Alimentative State of the Canaviri, Pocohata, Colina Blanca, Puente Arriba and Villa Arriendo, Ingavi Province, Department of La Paz - 1996, Juana F. Moraima Gonzles Tapia
Determination of toxicity and bioactivity of four organic insecticides recommended for control of pests in vegetable crops, Hugo Humberto Rodriguez Salvatierra
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
General diagnosis of Salitrón, a village in San Juan Ermita, department of Chiquimula, Fredy Samuel Coronado López
Study of the time efficiency and volume of wood used for three types of stove in the Salitrón community of San Juan Ermita, department of Chiquimula, Fredy Samuel Coronado López
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Report of developed services in the El Pinalito village of the Chiquimula municipality, department of Chiquimula, Fredy Samuel Coronado López