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Agroforestry prototypes for Belize
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 1998)
The contents of this document are aimed at local technicians, scientific staff and students of the agricultural college of the University in Belize. It is hoped that they will provide an insight into the concepts that are ...
Long-term observations and research in forestry; proceedings
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Turrialba (Costa Rica), 1999)
The contributions of the proceedings of the IUFRO Meeting, Long-Term Observations and Research in Forestry" focus on long term experiments in tropical forests, and on modeling and monitoring aspects. They describe applications ...
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 ...
Applicability of agroforestry systems
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 1981)
It is argued that agroforestry is presently suffering from oversale and wishful thinking, rather than based on objective analysis of potentialities and limitations. To build up scientific credibility and provide a useful ...
Agroforestry as an appropriate land use system in the American Tropics
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica). Dept. de Recursos Naturales Renovables, 1982)
The improper use of land is resulting in the rapid deforestation of the American tropics, with a concomitant degradation of land and water resources. Agroforestry in a land management system of a conceptual design involving ...
Agroforestry Calendar Belize 2012. Trees: the value added of your livestock farm
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2012)
Contribution of cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) agroforestry systems to the household economy of small-scale producers in the Central American Isthmus: the case of Bocas del Toro, Panama
(2013)
Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) is the main cash crop of Ngöbe-Buglé indigenous communities in Bocas del Toro, Panama. Their traditional polycultures include many other food crops for family consumption, but there is no actual ...
Role of ICRAF in agroforestry development
(ICRAF, Nairobi (Kenia). CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 1982)
The International Council for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) is the international organization established by a group of donor countries to promote and assist national governments in developing necessary research in ...
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 ...
Timber yield from smallholder agroforestry systems in Nicaragua and Honduras
The importance of tropical timber is increasing worldwide. However, the timber supply of tropical forests has been greatly impacted by growing deforestation associated with complex and restrictive timber harvest laws. In ...