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Successional cocoa agroforests of the Amazon-Orinoco-Guiana shield
(2013)
Cocoa was used as a fruit in its native range. Cocoa fruits were harvested from “wild”
cocoa stands embedded into the forests growing on the high terraces of the Amazon and Orinoco river systems and in the Guiana shield. ...
Payment for Ecosystem Services: The roles of positive incentives and information sharing in stimulating adoption of silvopastoral conservation practices
(2013-06-14)
Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) applied to agricultural systems, such as tropical rangelands, seeks to provide multiple services while sustaining food production. However, there is considerable debate regarding the ...
Ecological approaches to human nutrition
(2015-01-22)
Background. Malnutrition affects a large number of people throughout the developing world. Approaches to reducing malnutrition rarely focus on ecology and agriculture to simultaneously improve human nutrition and environmental ...
Influence of topographic and edaphic factors on vulnerability to soil degradation due to cattle grazing in humid tropical mountains in northern Honduras
(2013-06-14)
Low altitude humid tropical mountains in Central America have experienced a process of livestock expansion during recent decades.However, the use of sloping areas for cattle grazingmay lead to significant soil degradation ...
Payment for Ecosystem Services: The roles of positive and information sharing in stimulating adoption of silvopastoral conservation practices
(2015-01-22)
Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) applied to agricultural systems, such as tropical rangelands, seeks to provide multiple services while sustaining food production. However, there is considerable debate
regarding the ...
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 ...
Local perceptions of degradation in rangelands from a livestock farming community in Chiapas, Mexico
(2013-06-12)
The farmer’s perception was analyzed about degradation of pastures in the Francisco Villa I community, Jiquipilas municipality, Chiapas. The community is located in the nearby area of the biosphere reservation La Sepultura. ...