Trip report : rapid rural appraisal in Maranhao Brazil to classify small farmer rice agroecosystems, Jan. 16-Feb. 13, 1990

Over a period of four weeks a survey was conducted with cooperation of CNPAF and EMAPA (Empresa Maranhense de Pesquisa Agropecuaria). We spent 23 days in the field, travelled 7000 km and surveyed 44 rice producing communities spread though different Agroecological zones in the state. In each communi...

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Main Author: Robison, DM
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: International Center for Tropical Agriculture 1990
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/71494
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description Over a period of four weeks a survey was conducted with cooperation of CNPAF and EMAPA (Empresa Maranhense de Pesquisa Agropecuaria). We spent 23 days in the field, travelled 7000 km and surveyed 44 rice producing communities spread though different Agroecological zones in the state. In each community we met with 5-30 producers and held informal interviews of around 2 hours. All communties declared farming the most important activity and rice or cassava the most important crop. Significant variation exists between the cropping systems and the problems that were identified as the most important. The survey showed that the are four distinct manual rice production systems in Maranhao. The overwhelming impression over much of the state is of uncontrolled deforestation since 1950 and the subsequent concentration of land in large cattle ranches
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spelling CGSpace714942025-11-05T18:14:24Z Trip report : rapid rural appraisal in Maranhao Brazil to classify small farmer rice agroecosystems, Jan. 16-Feb. 13, 1990 Robison, DM oryza sativa rice ecosystems cropping systems arroz ecosistema sistemas de cultivo Over a period of four weeks a survey was conducted with cooperation of CNPAF and EMAPA (Empresa Maranhense de Pesquisa Agropecuaria). We spent 23 days in the field, travelled 7000 km and surveyed 44 rice producing communities spread though different Agroecological zones in the state. In each community we met with 5-30 producers and held informal interviews of around 2 hours. All communties declared farming the most important activity and rice or cassava the most important crop. Significant variation exists between the cropping systems and the problems that were identified as the most important. The survey showed that the are four distinct manual rice production systems in Maranhao. The overwhelming impression over much of the state is of uncontrolled deforestation since 1950 and the subsequent concentration of land in large cattle ranches 1990 2016-02-29T17:11:12Z 2016-02-29T17:11:12Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/71494 en Open Access application/pdf International Center for Tropical Agriculture Robison, Daniel Merritt. 1990. Trip report : Rapid rural appraisal in Maranhao Brazil to classify small farmer rice agroecosystems, Jan. 16-Feb. 13, 1990. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, CO. 9 p.
spellingShingle oryza sativa
rice
ecosystems
cropping systems
arroz
ecosistema
sistemas de cultivo
Robison, DM
Trip report : rapid rural appraisal in Maranhao Brazil to classify small farmer rice agroecosystems, Jan. 16-Feb. 13, 1990
title Trip report : rapid rural appraisal in Maranhao Brazil to classify small farmer rice agroecosystems, Jan. 16-Feb. 13, 1990
title_full Trip report : rapid rural appraisal in Maranhao Brazil to classify small farmer rice agroecosystems, Jan. 16-Feb. 13, 1990
title_fullStr Trip report : rapid rural appraisal in Maranhao Brazil to classify small farmer rice agroecosystems, Jan. 16-Feb. 13, 1990
title_full_unstemmed Trip report : rapid rural appraisal in Maranhao Brazil to classify small farmer rice agroecosystems, Jan. 16-Feb. 13, 1990
title_short Trip report : rapid rural appraisal in Maranhao Brazil to classify small farmer rice agroecosystems, Jan. 16-Feb. 13, 1990
title_sort trip report rapid rural appraisal in maranhao brazil to classify small farmer rice agroecosystems jan 16 feb 13 1990
topic oryza sativa
rice
ecosystems
cropping systems
arroz
ecosistema
sistemas de cultivo
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