Search
Now showing items 11-20 of 21
Evaluación de la calidad y métodos de producción de bioplaguicidas para el manejo de Hemileia vastatrix en plantaciones de café
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2018)
El trabajo enfoca aspectos de identificación, calidad y eficacia de micofungicidas y biofermentos comercializados para el manejo de la roya del café comparándolos con cepas locales aisladas para esta investigación.
En el ...
Construcción participativa de una propuesta de estrategia para la incidencia política en el marco de la Agricultura Climáticamente Inteligente en la región transfronteriza entre Guatemala, Honduras y El Salvador
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2017)
La propuesta de estrategia para la incidencia política en el marco de la Agricultura Climáticamente en la región Trifinio radica en los esfuerzos que se están dando en este territorio para lograr la Seguridad Alimentaria ...
Modeling dynamic systems for sustainable supply chains : a case study in La Fortuna, Costa Rica
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2016)
La Fortuna, Costa Rica, is a region with high potential for becoming a sustainable destination according to international Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) standards; however, it lacks local sourcing of fresh ...
Generating knowledge about the Dracaena marginata pest complex to improve management strategies for crops exported from Costa Rica
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2012)
This study aimed to develop knowledge on the population dynamics of the pest complex found in D. marginata and the actual relationship between plant size and pest incidence. It looked at the role of weed cover on insect ...
Factors affecting variation in forest community characteristics and leaf-litter decomposition in tropical montane forest of Chiapas, México A functional ecology approach
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2016)
A functional ecology approach was combined with floristic studies to seek increased ecological understanding of forest characteristics and processes in the Central Highlands of Chiapas State, Mexico. The study had two main ...
Systematic conservation planning for ecosystem services: opportunities for improving spatial targeting of ecosystem service payments in Costa Rica
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2016)
Tropical forests are of high conservation priority world-wide due their high value for harboring
biodiversity and providing ecosystem services from the local to global scale. Financial resources for
conservation are ...
Carbon and economic performance of coffee agroforestry systems in Costa Rica and Nicaragua
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica). Bangor University (United Kingdom), 2012)
Coffee agroforestry systeMON (CAFS) sustain the livelihoods of many people globally at the same time as providing important ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration that help mitigate climate change. The carbon ...
Assessing integrated watershed management and spatial groundwater vulnerability to pollution in priority watersheds of the Yacyretá dam in Paraguay
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica). University of Wales, Bangor (RU), 2010)
This case study research is based in the Watersheds of the Mboi Cae and Quiteria Rivers, and involves a) assessing the current state of knowledge of the watersheds b) an analysis to determine socio-environmental conflicts ...
Exploring the political economy of everyday life on the Costa Rican frontier from agrarian reform to the pineapple boom
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2014)
The focus of this dissertation is to understand the process and implications of capitalistincorporation and agrarian change in the frontier region of Northern Costa Rica within the San Juan-La Selva Biological Corridor. ...
Biology and epidemiology of Moniliophthora roreri, causal agent of moniliophthora pod rot of cacao
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2017)
Moniliophthora pod rot (MPR) is one of the main factors limiting cocoa production in Latin
America. Currently insufficient information on the biology and epidemiology of the pathogen limits
the development of efficient ...