Search Results - "Nicaragua"

The hamburger connection hangover: cattle, pasture land degradation and alternative land use in Central America by Ibrahim, Muhammad Akbar, Beer, John

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Variabilidad genética en semillas y plántulas de Cedrela odorata by Navarro, C., Vásquez, W.

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Modelling Pentaclethra forest - an important Central American lowland rain forest type - for timber production by Sitoe, Almeida, Finegan, Bryan, Camacho, Marlen

“…It covers most of the Costa Rican Atlantic Lowland region and parts of Panama and Nicaragua. Although soils are poor, deforestation in this forest type, for pastureland or permanent crops such as citrus, has been extensive during recent decades. …”
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CCAFS Informe de Línea Base de Hogares sitio Santa Rita, Copán, Honduras by Mercado, Leida, Merlo Hernández, Nancy, Suchini, José Gabriel

“…A finales del año 2014, se iniciaron dichos estudios en Latinoamérica en los sitios Trifinio (área fronteriza de El Salvador, Guatemala y Honduras) y en Nicaragua central. Este reporte presenta los resultados del estudio de línea base de hogares del bloque Santa Rita, departamento de Copán en Honduras, que forma parte del sitio CCAFS Trifinio. …”
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Evaluacion del impacto de la capacitacion en enfermedades de plantas para pequeños agricultores en tres comunidades de Honduras by Paredes Ch., Miryam C.

“…Entre marzo y noviembre de 1994 se impartieron 13 cursos (11 en Honduras y 2 en Nicaragua) y se capacitaron 216 agricultores y extensionistas. …”
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Efecto de la temperatura de almacenamiento en la estabilidad del color del grano de frijol rojo by Taleón A., Víctor M.

“…El mercado de frijol en El Salvador, Honduras y Nicaragua exige generalmente granos de color rojo claro, pagando hasta un 20% más del precio en relación a un frijol rojo oscuro. …”
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Mesas Técnicas Agroclimáticas (MTA): Manual de Implementación by Giraldo Mendez, Diana Carolina, Martínez Barón, Deissy, Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María, Gumucio, Tatiana, Martínez, Jesús David, Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando

“…Durante los últimos cinco años, hemos logrado que 197 instituciones en Honduras, Colombia, Guatemala, Nicaragua y Chile adopten el enfoque MTA, como un mecanismo para reducir los riesgos agroclimáticos. …”
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Evaluación comparativa (Benchmarking) para un proceso de mejora continua en organizaciones de productores cacaoteros de Centroamérica by Leguía Hidalgo, Fulvio J.

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Efecto de la eliminación de hospederos sobre la dinámica poblacional de gusano rosado del algodonero Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) lepidoptera, Gelechidae en plan de erradica... by Paredes Ramírez, Martin José

“…Gusano rosado, es una plaga cuarentenada en Nicaragua y restos de países del área Centro Americana; este insecto vive en malvaceas silvestres y cultivadas, atacando órganos reproductivos (Botones florales, flores, bellotas y motas), provoca la destrucción de semillas y las fibras, a la vez que sus daños y residuos fecales pueden ser fuente de infestación de hongos y bacterias fitopatogenas. …”
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Sistematización de experiencias en Meliponicultura para el mejoramiento del eslabón producción de la cadena productiva en los municipios de Masatepe, Masaya y Yalí, Jinotega. 2014 by López Tenorio, Jesbeling Dolores, Gutiérrez Galindo , Marvin

“…La práctica e información sobre la meliponicultura en Nicaragua es muy limitada, pero se han contabilizado 16 especies meli ponas en Nicaragua . …”
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Cacao sostenible adaptado al clima a gran escala en América Central y el Caribe by Bunn, Christian

“…Debido a que muchas soluciones son a largo plazo, el desafío es presentar y priorizar un conjunto de prácticas utilizadas actualmente, desarrollado a través de una serie de talleres participativos en Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, República Dominicana y El Salvador y validado por una revisión de literatura científica.…”
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How can we respond to the climate security crisis Latin America? by Taylor, Alice, Dutta Gupta, Tanaya, Schapendonk, Frans, Kommerell, Víctor, Martínez Barón, Deissy, Pacillo, Grazia, Läderach, Peter R.D.

“…Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua are projected to suffer strong rainfall variability and intense droughts in the coming years. …”
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Bangladesh Food System Profile. Better understanding food systems at country level by Hernández, Ricardo, Béné, Christophe, Lundy, Mark M., Chege, Christine Gacheri Kiria, Wiegel, Jennifer Rebecca, Achicanoy Estrella, Harold Armando

“…This profile also presents a comparison of Bangladesh's data against three groups: the country's geographic neighbors (Bhutan, India, Myanmar, and Nepal), countries with similar GDP per capita (Angola, India, Kenya, and Nicaragua), and the world average.…”
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Climate change and agriculture in Central America and the Andean Region by Thomas, Timothy S., Loboguerrero, Ana Maria, Rios, Ana R., Martínez-Barón, Deissy, Magrín, Graciella, Barros, Vicente

“…The study integrated results from climate and economic models, and included detailed biophysical and bioeconomic analyses of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica in Central America and Colombia and Peru in the Andean region of South America. …”
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Targeting performance of three large-scale, nutrition-oriented, social programs in Central America and Mexico by Mesoamerica Nutrition Program Targeting Study Group

“…Children in these households were classified according to national deciles of height-for-age, and households were classified according to expenditure deciles. in spite of markedly differing targeting strategies, each of the programs was well targeted, with 45% (Honduras and Mexico) and 52% (Nicaragua) of children in eligible households coming from the lowest two deciles of the national distributions, and virtually none from the upper two deciles. …”
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Impact evaluation of a conditional cash transfer program: the Nicaraguan Red de Protección Social by Maluccio, John A., Flores, Rafael

“…This paper presents the main findings of a quantitative evaluation of the Red de Protección Social (RPS), a conditional cash transfer program in Nicaragua, against its primary objectives. These included supplementing income to increase household expenditures on food, reducing primary school desertion, and improving the health care and nutritional status of children under age 5. …”
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Impact evaluation of a conditional cash transfer program: the Nicaraguan Red de Protección Social by Maluccio, John A., Flores, Rafael

“…This paper presents the main findings of a quantitative evaluation of the Red de Protección Social (RPS), a conditional cash transfer program in Nicaragua, against its primary objectives. These included supplementing income to increase household expenditures on food, reducing primary school desertion, and improving the health care and nutritional status of children under age 5. …”
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Descentralizacion forestal y estrategias de vida en Guatemala by Larson, A.M., Miguel Barrios, J.

“…This publication is one of the outputs of a larger CIFOR study also carried in Bolivia, Brazil, Nicaragua and Honduras, which investigates forestry decentralization processes and, in particular, their effects on forest-dependent groups. …”
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Learning in the field: using community self studies to strengthen forest-based social movements by Taylor, P.L., Cronkleton, P., Barry, D.M.

“…This paper discusses an experience of participatory research in Central America, which sought to help two grassroots forest organizations, the Association of Forest Communities of Petén, Guatemala and the Farmer to Farmer Programme of Siuna, Nicaragua, to respond to new organizational and political challenges by developing their internal capacity for research and analysis. …”
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Ecosystem services and hydroelectricity in Central America: modelling service flows with fuzzy logic and expert knowledge by Locatelli, Bruno, Imbach, Pablo, Vignola, Raffaele, Metzger, M.J., Hidalgo, E. J. L.

“…The analyses for Costa Rica and Nicaragua show how the approach helps identify priority areas for the conservation and restoration of forests for the services they provide to the hydroelectric sector. …”
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