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Livelihood and transition to certified cacao production in the Peruvian Amazonas : gendered responsibilities in Irazola by Emenius, Carin

“…By the use of semi-structured interviews and participating practical methods, ten families in the district of Irazola in the Peruvian Amazon were selected. The study proved customary roles of women in charge of domestic work, children and small animals while men were more often working in the fields and going to meetings. …”

Manejo forestal diversificado en una comunidad ribereña de la Amazonía brasileña: consideraciones sociales y silviculturales by André, da Silva Dias, Campos, José Joaquín, Villalobos Soto, Róger, Louman, Bastiaan, Gonçalvez, Luiza

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Composición y estructura de un bosque tropical post aprovechamiento forestal, en la zona de Awas Tigni, Puerto Cabezas by Canales Colindres, Jorge

“…En los dos casos se repiten las especies encontradas como las más principales, éstas son: Guacimo Colorado Luehea seemannii, Terciopelo, Comenegro Diallum guineensi, Guayabo negro Terminal/a amazon/a. Las especies que se encontraron con los mayores valores del indica de valor de importancia son: Terciopelo, Guacimo colorado Luehea seemannii, Nanciton Hyetonima alchomeoldes y Guayabo negro Terminal/a amazon/a. …”
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Adding rewards to regulation: The impacts of watershed conservation on land cover and household wellbeing in Moyobamba, Peru by Montoya Zumaeta, J.G., Rojas, E., Wunder, Sven

“…We estimate the effects of Peru’s oldest watershed payments for environmental services (PES) initiative in Moyobamba (Andes–Amazon transition zone) and disentangle the complex intervention into its two main forest conservation treatments. …”
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Broadening the perspective of zero-deforestation interventions in Peru by incorporating concepts from the global value chain literature by Castro-Nuñez, Augusto Carlos, Villarino, Maria Eliza J., Bax, Vincent, Ganzenmüller, Raphael, Francesconi, Wendy

“…Our paper contributes to this by exploring the spatial associations between deforestation and the production of cacao, coffee, and oil palm in the Amazon region in Peru. The geographical overlaps between deforestation, and the distribution of these commodity crops, indicate four types of spatial associations: (1) a high degree of deforestation and a high degree of commodity production (high-high); (2) a high degree of deforestation and a low degree of commodity production (high-low); (3) a low degree of deforestation and a high degree of commodity production (low-high); and (4) a low degree of deforestation and a low degree of commodity production (low-low). …”
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Wheat farmers in Sudan record increased yields after adoption of proven technologies: TAAT news Vol. 1 by Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation

“…In this issue: Wheat Farmers in Sudan record increased yields after the adoption of proven technologies TAAT Compacts hold 2019 Joint Inception Planning Meeting for the Benin Republic Integrate TAAT Into National Agriculture Programmes – Experts TAAT Scales out Knowledge of HQCF for Bread and Pastries in Togo 2019 International Women’s Day: TAAT throws Spotlight on a Rice Processor Amazon in Africa TAAT, ACAI collaborate to deliver improved technologies to Cassava Farmers TAAT holds an annual review meeting Fish drying Technology transforms the Zambian community Wheat farmers in Nigeria embrace smart irrigation practices AfDB Vice President hails Youth Engagement in Agribusiness TAAT Partners with Ghanaian College on Scaling out OFSP Triple S Technology Fortenza TM Duo shows it has more to offer Farmers than reduced FAW Leaf Feeding New irrigation technologies intensify rice production in Mali and Burkina Faso TAAT’s Footprints in Africa.…”
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Global disparity of camera trap research allocation and defaunation risk of terrestrial mammals by Mugerwa, B., Niedballa, J., Planillo, A., Sheil, D., Kramer-Schadt, S., Wilting, A.

“…The lowest probabilities of camera trap research allocation occurred in low-income countries. The Amazon and Congo Forest basins – two highly biodiverse ecosystems facing unprecedented anthropogenic alteration – received inadequate camera trap research attention. …”
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Ecotourism and economic incentives: an empirical approach by Wunder, Sven

“…In the following, the link between tourism, local benefits and conservation is conceptualised and analysed empirically, using data from the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve in the Ecuadorian Amazon region, near the border of Colombia and Peru. …”
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Integrando de la industria pesquera en el planeamiento y manejo de la irrigacion. In SpanishIntegrating fisheries into irrigation planning and management: protecting and enhancing... by International Water Management Institute, Global Water Partnership

“…In locations as diverse as the Mekong, Amazon and Lake Chad basins, researchers found that rural households typically obtain 10 to 30 percent of their total income from inland fishing. …”
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Taller de Trabajo sobre Cratylia (1995, Brasília, D.F., Brasil). Potencial del género Cratylia como leguminosa forrajera : Memorias by Pizarro, Esteban A., Coradin, Lídio

“…This ecologically plastic genus (characterized by homeostasis during development) is also adapted to the Brazilian Cerrados and certain niches in the Amazon Basin. Brazil currently has programs to study this native germplasm to prevent its genetic erosion and to strategically increase the country?…”
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Insectos visitantes florales de Phytelephas macrocarpa (Arecaceae), una palma dioica al noroeste de la Amazonia peruana by Ramírez Castillo, Sandro A., Rodriguez del Castillo, Ángel Martín, Grandez Rios, Julio M., Mejía, Kember, Wong Sato, Akira Armando, Rodríguez Cabrera, E. Hanz

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The effect of different particle sizes of sawdust and forest topsoil on germination, growth and development of two cocoa varieties in the nursery by Chinwuko, U, Lucas, E.O

“…En otras variables, como los parámetros morfológicos, producción de material seco, absorción de nutrimentos y promedio de crecimiento, las plántulas sembradas en suelo húmico sólo mostraron mejores resultados. Las plántulas de F3 Amazon mostraron mas vigor y mayores promedios que las de Amelonado en todos los parámetros estudiados, posiblemente debido a una producción más temprana de una zona efectiva de hojas. …”
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Priorización de especies arbóreas para sistemas agroforestales en la Selva Baja del Perú by Sotelo Montes, C., Weber, John C.

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Genetic diversity and spatial structure in a new distinct Theobroma cacao L. population in Bolivia by Zhang, Dapeng, Martínez, Windson J., Johnnson, Elizabeth S., Somarriba, Eduardo, Phillips Mora, Wilbert, Astorga, Carlos, Mischke, Sue, Meinhardt, Lyndel W.

“…Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) is an important economic crop in the Bolivian Amazon. Bolivian farmers both cultivate cacao, and extract fruits from wild stands in the Beni River region and in valleys of the Andes foothills. …”
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Breeding for Disease Resistance in Cacao by Gutiérrez, Osman A., Campbell, Alina S., Phillips Mora, Wilbert

“…Pound and other researchers have made several expeditions to the Amazon to collect wild cacao germplasm. In addition to using the germplasm collected from the wild and farmers fields to find new sources of resistance genes, researchers have developed breeding programs that cross and select cacao genotypes in order to accumulate desirable genes for resistance, as well as good horticultural and quality traits. …”
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Variability of precipitation recycling and moisture sources over the Colombian Pacific Region: A precipitationshed approach by Enciso, Angelica, Baquero, Olga, Escobar, Daniel, Tapasco, Jeimar, Loaiza, Wilmar

“…An intensified Caribbean Low-Level Jet inhibits moisture sources from the north between June and August, strengthening a southerly cross-equatorial flow from the Amazon River basin and the southeastern tropical Pacific. …”
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From the forest to the coast: the wild meat trade chain on the Coast of Guyana by Vliet, N. van, Puran, A., David, O., Nasi, R.

“…To contribute to this knowledge gap, we studied the wild meat trade chain on the coastal area of Guyana, which geographically and culturally connects the Caribbean and the Amazon Region. In Guyana, the wildmeat sector is legal and in the process of being regulated. …”
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Spodoptera eridania: current and emerging crop threats from another invasive, pesticide-resistant moth by Weinberg, J., Ota, N., Goergen, Georg E., Fagbohoun, J.R., Tepa-Yotto, G., Kriticos, D.J.

“…The potential distribution of S. eridania in the Amazon basin and the southern boundary of the Sahara Desert appear set to contract substantially due to increasing heat stress. …”
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Socio-ecological benefits of fine-flavor cacao in its center of origin by Tscharntke, Teja, Ocampo Ariza, Carolina, Vansynghel, Justine, Ivañez-Ballesteros, Blanca, Aycart, Pablo, Rodriguez, Lily, Ramírez, Marleni, Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Maas, Bea, Thomas, Evert

“…In cacao’s main centre of diversification, the western Amazon region, interest is growing to achieve premium prices with the conversion of high-yielding, but mostly bulk-quality cacao to native fine-flavor cacao varieties, culturally important since pre-Columbian times. …”
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Silvopastoral systems benefit invertebrate biodiversity on tropical livestock farms in Caquetá, Colombia by Kinneen, Lois, Escobar, Maria Paula, Hernández, Luis Miguel, Thompson, Jill, Ramos Pastrana, Yardany, Córdoba Suarez, Eric, Romero Sánchez, Miguel Antonio, Barnes, Andrew P., Quintero, Marcela, Garrat, Michael P. D.

“…In the Colombian Amazon, there has been long-term and sustained loss of primary forest threatening biodiversity and climate change mitigation. …”
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