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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 ...
Agroforestry: Essential for Sustainable and Climate-Smart Land Use?
(Springer, 2015)
National, bilateral and multilateral agroforestry projects in Central and South America
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 1979)
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 ...
Trees in grassland: the influence of trees on grass production within sylvopastoral systems of the Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica). Atlantic Zone Programme. Agricultural University Wageningen, Wageningen (Países Bajos). Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, San José (Costa Rica)., 1996-07)
This study was carried out in Río Jiménez, a sub-region in the northern part of the Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica. Silvopastoral systems are widely practised land use systems in the Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica and are mostly ...