Search Results - "Nicaragua"

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) based Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA)-Calculator tool for farm level monitoring of performance, synergies and trade-offs by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…To strengthen the quantitative assessment of CSA effect on farm level performance, the tool was adjusted to allow a more generic assessment of farming systems adapting it to the farming characteristics of 8 CSVs (Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Uganda, Nepal, Bangladesh) and included it in the ICT-based CSV monitoring tool.…”
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CLEANED-X (Comprehensive Livestock Environmental Assessment for improved Nutrition, a secured Environment, and sustainable Development along livestock value chains) tool version 3 by CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

“…Several applications are ongoing in close collaboration with local partners: GIZ in Tunisia, FAO in Nicaragua and in all Livestock CRP priority countries.…”
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The cost of poverty alleviation transfer programs: a comparative analysis of three programs in Latin America by Caldés, Natàlia, Coady, David, Maluccio, John A.

“…This paper proposes and implements a methodology for a detailed, comparative analysis of the level and structure of costs for three similar poverty alleviation programs in Latin America: the Programa Nacional de Educación, Salud y Alimentación (PROGRESA) in Mexico, the Programa de Asignación Familiar-Fase II (PRAF) in Honduras, and the pilot Red de Protección Social (RPS) in Nicaragua. These innovative programs target cash transfers to the poorest communities and households, and condition them on attendance at school and health clinics. …”
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From 'no-win' to 'win-win' - managing the tradeoffs between forages as feeds or for soil improvement by International Livestock Research Institute

“…Speaking at the December 2009 SLP meeting in Addis Ababa, Michael Peters (CIAT), introduces a project in Nicaragua to study tradeoffs between using specific forage plants either as feeds for animals or for soil improvement and soil fertility maintenance. …”
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News releases by International Center for Tropical Agriculture

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Sistematización audiovisual del proyecto ACORDAR by International Center for Tropical Agriculture

“…Sistematización del proyecto ACORDAR, desarrollado en Nicaragua entre el 2007 y el 2012, financiado por la Agencia de Desarrollo Internacional del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos (USAID, por sus siglas en inglés) y ejecutado por un consorcio principal liderado por Catholic Relief Services (CRS); del que formaron parte socios como Lutheran World Relief (LWR), TechnoServe (TNS), Aldea Global, Latin American Financial Services (LAFISE), el Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) y otros socios locales en la zona de implementación.…”
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Participatory planning and investment in climate smart agriculture to reduce risks for small-scale farmers in Central American coffee landscapes by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…This approach will be tested in collaboration with the farmer cooperatives ASOBAGRI in Huehuetenango Guatemala and the PROODECOP in the dry corridor of Nicaragua.…”
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Measuring and assessing impacts of Fair Trade USA on farmers, farmworkers and the overall fair trade market system in Peru by Mosquera Echeverry, Erika Eliana, Río Duque, Martha Lilia del

“…After the first year of the research project “Measuring and Assessing Impacts of Fair Trade for All on farmers, farmworkers and the overall fair trade Market System” we made infographics with the quantitative data collected of the baseline conditions in three of the four countries in which our research is located: Peru, Nicaragua and Honduras. The infographics summarize the current status of the four Fair Trade Principles: Empowerment, economic development, social responsibility, and environmental stewardship of the independent small producers and farm workers with the certification compared with non-certified small producers and farm workers.…”
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Measuring and assessing impacts of Fair Trade USA on farmers, farmworkers and the overall fair trade market system in Honduras by Mosquera Echeverry, Erika Eliana, Río Duque, Martha Lilia del

“…After the first year of the research project “Measuring and Assessing Impacts of Fair Trade for All on farmers, farmworkers and the overall fair trade Market System” we made infographics with the quantitative data collected of the baseline conditions in three of the four countries in which our research is located: Peru, Nicaragua and Honduras. The infographics summarize the current status of the four Fair Trade Principles: Empowerment, economic development, social responsibility, and environmental stewardship of the independent small producers and farm workers with the certification compared with non-certified small producers and farm workers.…”
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Vivero Internacional de Mustia Hilachosa del Frijol (VIM): Resultados 1973-1985 by International Center for Tropical Agriculture

“…Results are summarized of the research on bean web blight conducted in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Panama, Belize, Colombia, Mexico, Dominican Republic, and Peru, during 1973-85. …”
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Gender dynamics in the cattle sector in Central America: A literature review by Gallina, Ambra

“…The paper then describes a successful project in Nicaragua and recommends areas for research.…”
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Data base of Nitrous oxide emissions from Urine patches in LAC by Latin America Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Network

“…This database contains data obtained from measurements of nitrous oxide from urine patches on improved and degraded pastures in five countries in LAC (Colombia, Argentina, Nicaragua, Brazil and Trinidad & Tobago). Specifically, the data is on N2O fluxes, soil proprieties, nitrogen content in urine and soil nitrogen. …”
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Guía metodológica - Gestión del conocimiento para el desarrollo de cadenas de valor by Gottret, María Verónica, Gutiérrez, Raúl Ernesto, Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza

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Documento introductorio a la serie de sistematización del proyecto PROGRESA by Mosquera Echeverry, Erika Eliana

“…El presente documento introduce la serie de sistematización del Programa de Gestión Rural Empresarial, Sanidad y Ambiente (PROGRESA) que comenzó oficialmente en octubre de 2012 en Nicaragua y benefició a más de 4.882 familias productoras de las cadenas de valor de frijol, hortalizas y frutales, y ganado doble propósito (leche y carne) de los departamentos de Matagalpa, Jinotega, Madriz y Nueva Segovia.…”
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Bioplaguicidas: guía de ingredientes activos en América Central by Durán Mora, Joaquin

“…Guía que posee como objetivo recopilar la información disponible de los ingredientes y agentes activos de bioplaguicidas para el control de plagas insectiles y patógenas en los países de Costa Rica, Honduras y Nicaragua. Dicha información está orientada a técnicos y agricultores interesados en este tipo de productos y todos aquellos individuos que lideran con la utilización de plaguicidas.…”
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Normativas y trámites para el manejo forestal: un obstáculo para el sector forestal en Centroamérica by Ordoñez, Yadid, Trujillo, Alvaro, Camino Velozo, Ronnie de

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Conceptos básicos MIP

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Comportamiento y mejoramiento de la gallina chiricana by Navas Navas, Nicolás

“…Descripción de las razas usadas en el experimento, Raza Leghorn, comportamiento en la zona del pacífico de Nicaragua, Raza Minorca o Monarca, Comportamiento en la zona del pacífico, Raza New Hompshire, Comportamiento en la zona del pacífico, Raza Plymouth Rock barrada, Comportamiento en la zona del pacífico, Raza Chiricana criolla. …”
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La importancia de las babosas veronicellidos en Centroamerica. by Andrews, Keith L.

“…Realmente, la malacología económica se inició en la región centroamericana con el surgimiento de la babosa como una nueva plaga de importancia en el frijol a mediados de la década de los sesentas en El Salvador (Mancía, 1971), y durante los setentas en Guatemala, Honduras y Nicaragua. El autor estima que hoy en día más de 400,000 agricultores sufren daño económico por la babosa cada año. …”
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Courtesy Chicago natural history museum by Popenoe, Wilson

“…Como planta silvestre o naturalizado el pejibaye (a veces Pejivalle espelta, y hay muchas otras commonnames) se produce desde Nicaragua hacia el sur hasta Bolivia, y de allí hacia el este en la cuenca del Amazonas.…”
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