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Transformation of coffee-growing landscapes across Latin America. A review
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2021-09)
In Latin America, the cultivation of Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica) plays a critical role in rural livelihoods, biodiversity
conservation, and sustainable development. Over the last 20 years, coffee farms and landscapes ...
Costa Rican farmers' experience with the introduction of timber trees in their coffee plantations
(1999)
Los agricultores de Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica tienen una clara preferencia por Eucalyptus deglupta, Terminalia amazonia y T. ivorensis como maderables para sombra en sus plantaciones de café. Gmelina arborea fue identificado ...
Modelling the hydrological behaviour of a coffee agroforestry basin in Costa Rica
(2011)
The profitability of hydropower in Costa Rica
is affected by soil erosion and sedimentation in dam reservoirs,
which are in turn influenced by land use, infiltration
and aquifer interactions with surface water. In order ...
Coffee growers make improved pest management decisions through group learning and experimentation by crop stage
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 1999)
Farming families try to produce profitable crops with available resources, but they still face conditions of variability and uncertainty. Rainfall variability between 3 to 6 months affects crop vigor and phenology, pest ...
Effect of pollarding frequency on biomass of Erythrina poeppigiana as a coffee shade tree
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Turrialba (Costa Rica), 1986)
The use of pollarded Erythrina poeppigiana as shade tree in coffee plantations is apparently and old practice in Costa Rica. The tree is not native to this country but was introduced between late 19th and 20th century and ...
Coffee agroforestry systems capable of reducing disease-induced yield and economic losses while providing multiple ecosystem services
(2020)
Crop losses caused by pests and diseases decrease the incomes and threaten the livelihoods of thousands of families worldwide.During two years, in a research network of 61 coffee plots under a wide variety of shade and ...
Unraveling the Complexity of Coffee Leaf Rust Behavior and Development in Different Coffea arabica Agroecosystems
(2020)
Crop health management systems can be designed according to practices that help to reduce crop losses by restricting pathogen development and promoting host plant growth. A good understanding of pathogen and host dynamics, ...
Servicios ambientales en cafetales multiestratos de América Latina
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica). Departamento de Agricultura y Agroforestería, 2021)
El café crece en una variedad de condiciones ambientales; por ejemplo, en diferentes gradientes altitudinales, tipos de suelo y varios regímenes de humedad; además, se maneja bajo diversas prácticas. Para maximizar el ...