Search Results - "Latin Americans"

La extensión rural para la actividad ganadera en Colombia: legislación, desarrollos, brechas y oportunidades by Hurtado, Angie, Díaz, Manuel Francisco, Enciso, Karen, Burkart, Stefan

“…In recent decades, Colombia as an example for many other Latin American countries, has evidenced progress in planning processes, social interventions and a range of governance reforms. …”
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Propuesta metodológica: identificación de factores de adopción de tecnologías forrajeras en el productor primario by Enciso, Karen, Burkart, Stefan

“…Although, Dessart et al. (2019) focus on studies carried out in Europe and the effectiveness of measures of European Union countries in terms of promoting the adoption of sustainable practices, there is an opportunity to adapt the behavioral factors proposed by them to the Latin American case. This fits into the context of a relatively recent impulse in the field of adoption studies for innovations in the agricultural sector that focuses on the inclusion of sociodemographic and psychological behaviors of individuals in the analyses in order to express their intention to adopt. …”
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Paths out of poverty: International experience by Fan, Shenggen, Cho, Emily EunYoung

“…Social protection programs have been used by many Latin American countries as the region is more urbanized than any other developing regions. …”
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Climate-smart agriculture reduces capital-based livelihoods vulnerability: Evidence from Latin America by Martínez-Barón, Deissy, Alarcón de Antón, Marina, Martinez Salgado, Jesús David, Castellanos, Andrea Estefanía

“…The application of SLF for analyzing CSA’s contribution to rural livelihoods represents a novel approach in Latin American studies.…”
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Pathogenic variation in, sources of, and breeding for resistance to Phaeoisariopsis griseola causing angular leaf spot in common bean by Pastor Corrales, Marcial A., Jara, Carlos E., Singh, Shree P.

“…We characterized 433 PG isolates from 11 Latin American and 10 African countries, using differential cultivars, isozymes, and/or random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers. …”
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Soil organic carbon, carbohydrates, amino sugars, and potentially mineralizable nitrogen under different land-use systems in oxisols of the Brazilian cerrados by Fuhrmann, S, Neudelft, H, Westerhof, R, Ayarza, Miguel Angel, Silva, J.E. da, Zech, W.

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Phosphorus pools in bulk soil and aggregates of differently textured oxisols under different land-use systems in the Brazilian cerrados by Lilienfein, J, Wilcke, W., Neufeldt, Henry, Ayarza, Miguel Angel, Zech, W.

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Acid monophosphatase: an indicator of phosphorus mineralization or of microbial activity? A case study from the Brazilian cerrados by Renz, TE, Neufeldt, Henry, Ayarza, Miguel Angel, Silva, J.E. da, Zech, W.

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Microbial biomass, microbial activity, and carbon pools under different land-use systems in the Brazilian cerrados by Renz, TE, Neufeldt, Henry, Ayarza, Miguel Angel, Resck, DVS, Zech, W.

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Archeology, stone tools and RIMAPS technique A quantitive characterization of use - wear traces by Pal, N., Alvarez, M.R., Briz, I., Dominguez, A., Favret, Eduardo Alfredo

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Gobernanza de las Acciones Nacionales Apropiadas de Mitigación (NAMA) para los sistemas ganaderos en la región de América Latina y el Caribe by Otárola, Marco, Sepúlveda, Claudia J., Villanueva, Cristóbal, Viguera, Bárbara, Martinez Barón, Deissy, Arango, Jacobo, Roman-Cuesta, Rosa Maria

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Guía de facilitación: Ciclo de aprendizaje en incidencia política y vocerías comunitarias para el fortalecimiento de mecanismos de gobernanza local by Ávalos, Ileana, López Sampson, Arlene, Méndez, Maricela

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Assessing the governance capacity to implement resource-oriented sanitation and waste management systems in urban areas of Latin America and the Caribbean by García Aguilar, Mónica Carlota

“…Implementing systems that allow to reuse resources contained in the organic waste streams (OWS) is an approach that can bring many benefits, especially in low-medium income areas as the Latin American and Caribbean region, where excreta, wastewater, and waste are not properly managed. …”
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First report of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4, causing Fusarium wilt in Cavendish bananas in Peru by Acuña, Rosalyn, Rouard, Mathieu, Leiva Sandoval, Ana Maria, Marques, Claudio, Olortegui, Arturo, Ureta, Cledy, Cabrera-Pintado, Rosa M., Rojas, Juan Carlos, López, Diana, Cenci, Alberto, Cuéllar, Wilmer Jose, Dita Rodriguez, Miguel Angel

“…The incursion of Foc TR4 in Colombia increased awareness and prevention efforts across Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC). However, new Foc TR4 outbreaks in LAC countries were considered a matter of time. …”
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Epidemiology of Pig Tuberculosis in Argentina by Barandiaran, Soledad, Marfil, Maria Jimena, Capobianco, Guillermo, Perez Aguirreburualde, María Sol, Zumarraga, Martin Jose, Eirin, Maria Emilia, Cuerda, Maria Ximena, Winter, Marina, Martinez Vivot, Marcela, Pérez, Andrés Maximiliano, La Sala, Luciano Francisco

“…Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a disease caused mainly by the Mycobacterium bovis and that is endemic to livestock populations in most Latin American countries. Traditionally, bTB control programs are costly and targeted to cattle, largely disregarding other species such as swine and wildlife. …”
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Cultural and economic barriers and opportunities for the participation of women in agricultural production systems: A case study in Guatemala by Hernandez, Manuel A., Alarcón, Constanza, Berrospi, Maria Lucia, Lopera, Diana Carolina, Quintero, Diana, Reyes, Byron A., Olivet, Francisco

“…As in other Latin American countries, agricultural activities in Guatemala contribute with 32% of the total employment (65% in rural areas), but only one in every ten individuals employed in these activities are women. …”
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Building public-private partnerships for agricultural innovation by Hartwich, Frank, Tola, Jaime, Engler, Alejandra, González, Carolina, Ghezan, Graciela, Vázquez-Alvarado, Jorge M. P., Silva, José Antonio, Espinoza, José de Jesús, Gottret, M.V.

“…This report summarizes the experiences of a research project that analyzed 125 public-private research partnerships (PPPs) in 12 Latin American countries. The analysis indicates that several types of partnerships have emerged in response to the various needs of the different partners. …”
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Dynamics of animal performance, and estimation of carbon footprint of two breeding herds grazing native neotropical savannas in eastern Colombia by Ramírez Restrepo, Carlos Alberto, Vera, Raúl R., Rao, Idupulapati M.

“…The savannas of eastern Colombia located in the Orinoco river basin represent 18% of the Latin American neotropical savannas, and those areas that are tillable and closer to markets are subject to considerable anthropic pressure in the quest for intensification. …”
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Cassava Diseases Evaluation - Edaphoclimatic Zone 4: Medium Altitude Tropics by International Center for Tropical Agriculture

“…Most landrace cultivars of Latin American origin have evolved with multiple resistance to the local pests and diseases. …”
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Cassava Diseases Evaluation - Edaphoclimatic Zone 5: Tropical; High Altitude by International Center for Tropical Agriculture

“…Most landrace cultivars of Latin American origin have evolved with multiple resistance to the local pests and diseases. …”
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