Search Results - "Nicaraguan"

Improving index-based drought insurance in varying topography: evaluating basis risk based on perceptions of Nicaraguan hillside farmers by Kost, André, Läderach, Peter R.D., Myles, Fisher, Cook, Simon E., Gómez, Lorena

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Influencia de los arboles en la vegetacion herbacea de sistemas ganaderos del tropico seco de Nicaragua [Influence of trees on grasslands in the Nicaraguan dry tropics] by Zapata, P., Rusch, G., Ibrahim, M., DeClerck, Fabrice A.J., Casanoves, F., Beer, J.

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Gobernabilidad socio-ambiental e innovación en el trópico húmedo y seco: tres experiencias nicaragüenses by Samper, M.

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Herramientas para la planificación del manejo de bosques a escala de paisaje en el sudeste de Nicaragua by Perdomo, Marcelo, Galloway, Glenn, Louman, Bastiaan, Finegan, Bryan, Velásquez, Sergio

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Nicaragua, Red de Protección Social (RPS) Evaluation Dataset, 2000-2002 by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The Nicaraguan Red de Protección Social (RPS), modeled after PROGRESA in Mexico, is a program designed to address both current and future poverty via cash transfers targeted to households living in poverty in rural Nicaragua. …”
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Seeds of hope project by Giraldo Avila, Guillermo, Méndez, M., Bosco Franco, J, Iturbe, A.

“…This united efforts with government organizations (GOs) in Honduras such as the Office of Agricultural Science and Technology Research (DICTA) and the Ministry of Agriculture (MAG) and the Nicaraguan Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) In both countries it also involved some NGOs and Committees for Local Agricultural Research (CIALs).…”
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Determinación de indicadores agroecológicos en sistemas agroforestales y de medios de vida de fincas cafeteras de Colombia, Costa Rica y Nicaragua by Bermúdez Cardona, María B.

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Production and Export of Green Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) by Hernández Ocampo, Gustavo Adolfo, Morales Rivera, Rommel Noé, Valdivia Lorente, Rodolfo Ramón, Castillo, Edwin, Palma, Santos

“…This report aims to share the stakes, risks, lessons learned, and outcome of PROGRESA’s initiative to promote and assist Nicaraguan vegetable producers in the production and export of green beans.…”
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Financiamiento del manejo de cuencas hidrográficas en Nicaragua: 1. Análisis del marco legal by López Nolasco, Néstor, Jiménez Otárola, Francisco

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Carbon sequestration and financial profitability of coffee agroforestry in Turrialba, Costa Rica and Masatepe, Nicaragua by Salgado Vásquez, Jehnny L.

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Participatory video: climate change in Nicaragua by International Center for Tropical Agriculture

“…This participatory video was made by fifteen young Nicaraguan farmers. Through this video they want to communicate their message: “we need to take care of our ecosystem”. …”
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Municipal Development. ACORDAR in alliance with local governments to develop territories by Flores Medina, Ronald C., Vázquez Vasquez, Augusto C., López Fonseca, Ernesto Antonio, Acuña Acuña, Ever M., Rodríguez, Naví, Centeno Sánchez, José Augusto, Monge Zamora, Marvin Antonio, Centeno Zamora, Janira Damarys

“…The experiences compiled are the following: "Producer Organizations in Alliance with Municipal Governments to Strengthen Value Chains" and "Linking Actors to Contribute to the Economic and Social Development of the Nicaraguan Municipality of Rancho Grande."…”
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Los grupos marginados, la descentralizacion y el sector forestal en Nicaragua by Larson, A.M.

“…This publication is one of the outputs of a larger CIFOR study also carried in Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala and Honduras, which investigates forestry decentralization processes and, in particular, their effects on forest-dependent groups. In the Nicaraguan case study the author argues that grassroots participation in local development decisions is necessary but insufficient for more equitable access to forest resources and benefits for poor forest communities; in addition, these groups and their advocates need to defend their interests by exerting strategic pressure on local governments. …”
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Evaluation of the mitigation potential of the adaptation strategies implemented in the Climate – Smart Villages (CSV) by Loaiza, Sandra, Silva, Mayesse Aparecida da, Chirinda, Ngonidzashe, Martínez Barón, Deissy

“…Digital maps of soil loss water erosion in the 2014 and potential the study areas of Popayán - Colombia and Matagalpa - Nicaragua were generated by means of the soil loss equation (USLE / RUSLE), which relates soil properties (percentages of sand, clay, limousines and carbon contents) obtained from secondary information and world map of the world (DSMW), version 3.6 of the FAO (2002), the erosion index of rainfall and runoff with information of the databases of the meteorological stations of the IDEAM and the Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies (INETER) and of the databases of Global Climate Monitor, types of crops / practices of observation and conservation of ECOHABITAS of the year 2014 of the program of Climate – Smart Village (CSV) of Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and topographic conditions from a digital elevation model SRTM of 30 meters resolution.…”
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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 objective of this paper is to map the ecosystem services provided to the Costa Rican and Nicaraguan hydroelectric sectors, which are crucial sectors for national sustainable development and depend directly on hydrological ecosystem services. …”
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Efectos de la ingesta de maíz de alta calidad de proteína (QPM) versus maíz convencional en el crecimiento y la morbilidad de niños nicaragüenses desnutridos de 1 a 5 años by Ortega Aleman, EC, Coulson Romero, AJ, Ordoñez Argueta, L.I., Pachón, Helena

“…This double-blind clinical study evaluated the impact of QPM on the growth and morbidity of mild and moderately malnourished children. In a Nicaraguan day care center, 48 children 1 to 5 years old who were malnourished (> 2 indicators with <-1 Z for weight-age, height-age or weight-height) were identified and randomly assigned to consume for 5 days/week for 3.5 months a snack prepared with QPM or conventional maize. …”
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Participación de la mujer en la gestión integrada del recurso hídrico en Nicaragua. 1. Marco legal e institucional y estrategias para la participación de la mujer en la subcuenca d... by Centeno, Evelia, Jiménez Otárola, Francisco

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Contras and comandantes: armed movements and forest conservation in Nicaragua's Bosawas biosphere reserve by Kaimowitz, D., Faune, A.

“…With the war over, the Nicaraguan army greatly reduced its troop strength, leaving tens of thousands of people unemployed. …”
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Pragmatic economic valuation of adaptation risk and responses across scales in Nicaragua by Martínez Valle, Armando Isaac, Czaplicki, Stanislaw, Collado, Carmen, Parker, Louis, Bourgoin, Clément, Guerten, Nora, Lan, Le Ngoc, Läderach, Peter R.D.

“…In addition, a case study is presented in three municipalities: Waslala, Rancho Grande and El Cuá, focusing on coffee and cocoa systems, which are essential to the Nicaraguan rural economy, where there has been a significant reduction in climate suitability. …”
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Begomovirus prevalence and diversity in the TYLCV resistant tomato cultivar Shanty in Nicaragua by Malmrot , Astrid

“…This study aims to be a part of this work, by investigating the current prevalence and diversity of begomoviruses in the resistant tomato variety Shanty. Nicaraguan tomato plants of the variety Shanty were collected from four geographical locations around Nicaragua (Sebaco, CNIAB (close to Managua), Las Playitas, Tecolostote). …”