Benson Institute Theses and Dissertations

BYU ScholarsArchive collection page for Ezra Taft Benson Agriculture and Food Institute theses, documenting institutional history (BYU 1975 → LDS Welfare 2008) and listing Spanish-language applied theses including walipini/panqar huyu crop trials in Bolivia. Describes Benson Institute as LDS Church Welfare Department subdivision improving nutrition/health of rural poor; founded 1975 in BYU College of Biology and Agriculture; separated from BYU organizationally January 2008 into Church Welfare Program. States institute focused on Ecuador, Bolivia, Mexico, Guatemala, Morocco, and Ghana; most theses in Spanish with English titles/abstracts. Lists titles referencing walipini/panqar huyu systems (e.g., baby carrots in Walipini Ingavi Province; irrigation methods in walipinis; baby lettuce using panqar huyus).

Collection landing page; individual thesis PDFs must be opened separately for methods/results.

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