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An analysis of technical assistance providers in Copanch'orti' Guatemala
(2013-05-31)
Guatemala has the fourth highest rate of chronic under-nutrition for children under
five in the world. One region particularly impacted is the Copanch’orti’ area of eastern
Guatemala where chronic under-nutrition affected ...
Are we learning? Strengthening local people's capacities to facilitate the recuperation of degraded pasture lands in Central America
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica) Bangor University (RU), 2012)
Esta tesis describe y evalúa el impacto de un proceso participativo de aprendizaje y experimentación, basado en el enfoque de Escuelas de Campo (FFS) para ganaderos en Centro América. Organizaciones han dedicado esfuerzos ...
Mesoamerican Coffee: Building a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
(2013-05-31)
In Mesoamerica, coffee production is an important part of economies and societies, forming the backbone of thousands of families’ livelihoods and contributing significantly to national agricultural GDPs. Yet it is in Mexico ...
More stable productivity of semi natural grasslands than sown pastures in a seasonally dry climate
(2015-01-27)
In the Neotropics the predominant pathway to intensify productivity is generally thought to be to convert grasslands to
sown pastures, mostly in monoculture. This article examines how above-ground net primary productivity ...
The Motivation for Organic Grain Farming in the United States: Profits, Lifestyle, or the Environment?
(2012)
The objective of this research is to identify and quantify the motivations for organic grain
farming in the United States. Survey data of US organic grain producers were used in regression models to find the statistical ...
Carbon Footprint: What is it and how to measure it?
(2013-08-12)
Linking plant strategies and ecosystem function: an assessment of the contribution of biodiversity to neotropical grassland productivity
(2015-11-03)
To understand the diversity of strategies of resource use at the species and community level of co-existing species in semi-natural grasslands, I used three differentapproaches: a) the comparison of above-ground net primary ...