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ShadeMotion: tree shade patterns in coffee and cocoa agroforestry systems
(Springer, 2022-10-25)
Shade trees in coffee and cocoa agroforestry systems provide valuable livelihoods and other ecosystem services. Unfortunately, most shade canopies are sub-optimally designed and managed and the reasons behind this ...
ShadeMotion: Un outil d’analyse des configurations d’ombrage
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 2021)
ShadeMotion 5.1.41 est une application logicielle qui permet de calculer, n’importe où sur la Terre, le nombre d'heures d'ombre qui s’accumulent en chaque point (cellule) d'une parcelle du fait de la présence d’une certaine ...
ShadeMotion: the analysis of tree shade patterns tutorial
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 2021-03)
ShadeMotion 5.1.41 is a software application that calculates the number of hours of shade accumulated on each point (grid cell) on a plot due to the presence of trees, in any number, sizes and crown shapes and in any ...
Trees as hotspots: Using forest, trees, and agroforestry to foster diverse sustainable landscapes
(Agricultural Systems, 2022)
Forests, trees, and agroforestry (FTA) are ecosystem hotspots. They exemplify the contributions of biodiversity to sustainable and resilient landscapes, green circular economy and to sustainable agriculture and food systems ...
Efecto de tres tratamientos pregerminativos sobre la germinación y viabilidad de las semillas de Enterolobium cyclocarpum (Jacq) Griseb
(Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), 1984-01)
Non-treated seeds of Enterolobium cyclocarpum (Jacq} Griseb achieved a 9% germination 30 days after planting. Soaking the seeds in concentrated sulfuric acid and in boiling water raised germination up to 87% and 83% ...
Above‑ground biomass models for dominant trees species in cacao agroforestry systems in Talamanca, Costa Rica
(Springer Nature, 2022)
Tree biomass allometric models are essential to estimate biomass, carbon sequestration and nutrient cycling in cacao agroforestry systems and other land uses with woody perennial species. A total of 34 trees of Cordia ...
Shade canopy density variables in cocoa and coffee agroforestry systems
(Springer Nature, 2023-12-18)
An estimated 3.4 million hectares of cocoa and 9.7 million hectares of coffee are cultivated, globally, under shade trees, i.e. in agroforestry systems. Shade canopies are characterized in terms of tree density (N, trees ...
Rehabilitación y renovación agroforestal (RRAF) de cacaotales: Manual y herramienta para el personal técnico del sector cacaotero Latinoamericano y del Caribe
(Centro Agroaméricano Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 2023)
Presenta un instrumento de capacitación y enseñanza que muestre a productores, técnicos, decisores y financiadores los elementos esenciales para entender la lógica productiva del sistema agroforestal como un activo biológico ...
Risk analysis and cacao pod survivorship curves to improve yield forecasting methods
(Frontiers, 2024-03-22)
Cocoa attainable yields are affected by a complex of pests and diseases in a particular agro-environment. Estimation of yield loss is critical for agronomic and economic decision-making at the farm level. For over 15 months, ...