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Advantages, disadvantages and desirable characteristics of shade trees for coffee, cacao and tea
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 1987)
A review is made of the ecological interactions that occur between shade trees and the perennial crops: coffee (Coffea spp. L.), cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) and tea (Camellia sinensis L. Kuntze). These interactions are ...
Observations on a legal taungya contract between a land owner and a farmer
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica). Dept. de Recursos Naturales Renovables, 1982)
Aroid crops in Central America
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica). Dept. de Producción Vegetal, 1984)
Traditionally, aroids have been grown in Central America for home consumption, or in limited quantities for domestic markets. Due to the low preference for aroids as food amongst people of the isthmus, it seems unlikely ...
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 ...
Selection of species for fuelwood production in agroforestry combinations
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica). Dept. de Recursos Naturales Renovables, 1982)
Agricultural training in the Central American Isthmus: technical report July-September 1981
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica). Unidad de Capacitación, 1981)
The Project “Agricultural Training in the Central American isthmus” is being carried out by the Tropical Agricultural Research and Training Center, CATIE; this Project has a scheduled duration of four years, beginning in ...
CATIE 1983: annual report (IFAD TA 38B Grant)
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 1984)
Most of the personnel to be initially financed under the Grant were hired during the first semester of 1982. A total of 50 persons have been hired under the Grant since its initiation; 10 of them have left, including 3 ...
Associations between cacao (Theobroma cacao) and shade trees in Southern Bahia Brazil
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica) | GTZ, Eschborn (Alemania), 1987)
A review is made of the information on Theobroma - shade tree combination in the south of Bahía, Brazil. Following a description of the climatic characteristics of the area, the principal shade trees species are presented. ...
INFORAT: Renewable Natural Resources Information and Documentation Center for Tropical America
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica). Dept. de Recursos Naturales Renovables, 1988)