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An analysis of technical assistance providers in Copanch'orti' Guatemala
(2013-05-31)
Guatemala has the fourth highest rate of chronic under-nutrition for children under
five in the world. One region particularly impacted is the Copanch’orti’ area of eastern
Guatemala where chronic under-nutrition affected ...
Are we learning? Strengthening local people's capacities to facilitate the recuperation of degraded pasture lands in Central America
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica) Bangor University (RU), 2012)
Esta tesis describe y evalúa el impacto de un proceso participativo de aprendizaje y experimentación, basado en el enfoque de Escuelas de Campo (FFS) para ganaderos en Centro América. Organizaciones han dedicado esfuerzos ...
Mesoamerican Coffee: Building a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
(2013-05-31)
In Mesoamerica, coffee production is an important part of economies and societies, forming the backbone of thousands of families’ livelihoods and contributing significantly to national agricultural GDPs. Yet it is in Mexico ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Linking plant strategies and ecosystem function: an assessment of the contribution of biodiversity to neotropical grassland productivity
(2013-06-03)
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 different approaches: a) the comparison of above-ground net primary ...