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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. ...
Carbon Footprint: What is it and how to measure it?
(2013-08-12)
Influence of topographic and edaphic factors on vulnerability to soil degradation due to cattle grazing in humid tropical mountains in northern Honduras
(2015-01-22)
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
and ...
Linking plant strategies and ecosystem function: an assessment of the contribution of biodiversity to neotropical grassland productivity
(2015-11-03)
To understand the diversity of strategies of resource use at the species and community level of co-existing species in semi-natural grasslands, I used three differentapproaches: a) the comparison of above-ground net primary ...