Search Results - "América"

Agricultura y desarrollo en América Latina: Gobernanza y políticas públicas by Barrantes, Roxana, Berdegué, Julio, de Janvry, Alain, Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Elizondo, Desirée, Gordillo, Gustavo, Ibáñez, Ana María, Junguito, Roberto, Hertford, Reed, Moscardi, Edgardo, Piñeiro, Martín, Pomareda, Carlos, Valdés, Alberto, Villasuso, Juan Manuel, Yúnez-Naude, Antonio

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A 2020 vision for food, agriculture and the environment in Latin America: a synthesis by Garrett, James L.

“…The nations of Latin America can achieve the following goals for food, agriculture, and the environment by the year 2020. …”
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United States of America perspective: getting ready for the Millenium Round trade negotiations by Hathaway, Dale E.

Subjects: “…north america…”
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Dietary studies in countries experiencing a health transition: Mexico and Central America by Romieu, Isabelle, Hernandez-Avila, Mauricio, Rivera, Juan A., Ruel, Marie T., Parra, Socorro

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Cattle producers' participation in market channels in Central America: supermarkets, processors, and auctions. by Balsevich, F., Schuetz, P., Pérez, E.

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Replication for: Single torradovirus infections explain the mysterious cassava frogskin disease in the Americas by Cuellar, Wilmer Jose, Jimenez Polo, Jenyfer, Pardo Garcia, Juan Manuel, Gil Ordoñez, Alejandra, Caicedo Hidalgo, Sara Maria, Alvarez Quinto, Robert Alexander, Dimitre, Mollov

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La economica politica de las reformas ambientales en America Latina by Kaimowitz, D.

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Biosurveillance for an invasive pest of maize, Prostephanus truncatus, across North America and in Greece by Quellhorst, Hannah E., Sakka, Maria K., Odjo, Sylvanus, Ludwick, Dalton, Bingham, Georgina V., Roeder, Karl A., Hesler, Louis S., Hanley, Raina M., Zhu, Junwei J., Wilkins, Rachel V., Ponce, Marco A., Athanassiou, Christos G., Kun Yan Zhu, Gerken, Alison R., Morrison III, William R.

“…In this study, we performed a 2-year latitudinal biosurveillance programme for P. truncatus, related bostrichids and Sitophilus spp. as key species in and around maize and wheat production at 10-15 sites from 20 degrees to 47 degrees latitude in North America and Greece to evaluate how habitat, latitude and season affected spatiotemporal dynamics of these insects. …”
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Impacts of spatial and temporal station availability on gridded precipitation products in Central America by González‐Méndez, Isabel, Pons, Diego, Anderson, Talia G., Ayes-Rivera, Irma, Anchukaitis, Kevin J.

“…These findings highlight the importance of considering both spatial station density and temporal data availability when using gridded precipitation products for studies of climate variability and change, especially in data‐sparse regions such as Central America.…”
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Resena historica de la investigacion sobre politicas en Centro America by Kaimowitz, D., Murrar, A.

“…This chapter reviews Central America's experience with regional collaborative policy research efforts focusing on rural issues, with particular emphasis on natural resources issues. …”
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Pobreza y bosques en America Latina: una agenda de accion by Kaimowitz, D.

“…Approximately 25 millon people live in the main forested regions of Latin America. The forestry sector there directly provides two or three million jobs and perhaps another three or four million people work in related activities. …”
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Riquezas del bosque: frutas, remedios y artesanias en America Latina by López, C., Shanley, P., Cuba-Cronkleton, M.

“…This book compiles traditional and specialized knowledge about 26 plants used by rural and urban people in Latin America. The pages tell real-life stories about a wide range of forest products and the people who use and manage them. …”
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Experiencias y retos del manejo forestal comunitario en América Tropical by Pokorny B., Sabogal, C., Jong, W. de, Stoian, D., Louman, Bastian, Pacheco, P., Porro, N.M.

“…This paper summarizes the main findings of “Communitarian forest management in Tropical America: Experiences, lessons and challenges for the future”, jointly produced by a group of researchers closely related to CFM in Latin America. …”
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Forests and climate change in Latin America: linking adaptation and mitigation in projects and policies by Locatelli, Bruno, Evans, V., Wardell, A., Andrade, A., Vignola, Raffaele

“…Integrating adaptation and mitigation in forestry projects and policies would maximise local cobenefits and contribute to increased capacity to cope with the risks associated with climate change. Latin America has had some preliminary experience with the linkages between adaptation and mitigation at the level of projects. …”
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Actors and landscape changes in tropical Latin America: challenges for REDD+ design and implementation by Pacheco, P., Aguilar-Støen, M., Borner, J., Etter, A., Putzel, L., Vera-Diaz, M.D.C.

“…Five dominant trends are occurring in tropical Latin America with implications for land use change: (1) rapid growth of agribusiness, (2) expansion and modernisation of traditional cattle ranching, (3) slow growth of small-scale agriculture, (4) logging in production forest frontiers and (5) resurgence of traditional agro-extractive economies. …”
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Landscape Transformation in Tropical Latin America: Assessing Trends and Policy Implications for REDD+ by Pacheco, P., Aguilar-Støen, M., Boner, J., Etter, A., Putzel, L., Vera-Diaz, M.D.C.

“…Important transformations are underway in tropical landscapes in Latin America with implications for economic development and climate change. …”
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People, governance and forests -- the stumbling blocks in forest governance reform in Latin America by Contreras Hermosilla, A.

“…This article examines common barriers to achieving adequate levels of forest resource governance in countries of Latin America. It looks at the deficiencies of the policy and regulatory frameworks affecting forests, the common failure to impose the rule of law, the main factors that constrain the effectiveness of government actions in the forest sector and at the political barriers to introducing reforms for change in governance structures. …”
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Adaptación al cambio climático y servicios ecosistémicos en América Latina by Martínez Alonso, C., Locatelli, Bruno, Vignola, Raffaele, Imbach, Pablo

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The recognition of forest rights in Latin America: progress and shortcomings of forest tenure reforms by Pacheco, P., Barry, D.M., Cronkleton, P., Larson, A.M.

“…Significant tenure reforms have taken place over public forestlands in the past 20 years in Latin America. These reforms differ from previous tenure reforms with respect to their origins and goals. …”
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Abandoning Slash and Burn for Slash and Mulch in Central America’s Drought-Prone Hillsides by CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food

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