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Proposal for the selection, establishment, and maintenance of agroforestry research/demonstration plots in Fiji
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica) GTZ, Eschborn (Alemania), 1988-09)
The present consultancy is a logical follow up to the previous work, and it was not considered necessary to again justify AF in general terMON. The potential of AF techniques to alleviate probleMON such as erosion, economic ...
Promotion of tree planting on small farms in the area of Acosta-Puriscal, Costa Rica
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Turrialba (Costa Rica), 1985)
Durante 1984 y 1985 el Proyecto Agroforestal CATIE/GTZ estableció 8-10 viveros familiares en las zonas de Acosta y Puriscal, Costa Rica. Estos viveros fueron pedidos por pequeños finqueros quienes quisieron producir una ...
Alnus acuminata con pasto
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica). Programa de Recursos Naturales Renovables, 1980)
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 ...
Community forestry and agroforestry techniques for the Asaclat Pilot Project, Quirino, Luzon, Philippines
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica). GTZ, 1990)
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 ...
Service functions of agroforestry systems
(2003)
This article presents a brief review of the main environmental service functions that are provided by agroforestry systems (AFS): 1) maintenance of soil fertility/reducing erosion via organic matter inputs to the soil, N ...
The hamburger connection hangover: cattle, pasture land degradation and alternative land use in Central America
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2000)
In the past few decades, pasture expansion into the humid lowlands of Central America has increased greatly and has raised a great deal of concern about deforestation and potential land degradation. However, little information ...