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Residuos a riqueza: Mejorando la salud del suelo con Bocashi en la Transición Agroecológica Ucayali by Blanco Garcia, Maria Alejandra, Araujo De Lima, Silvia, Mosquera Escobar, Leslie Estefany, Varon Molina, Adriana Patricia, Marulanda Duran, Luis Alejandro, Mockshell, Jonathan

“…Este video, producido por el proyecto Agroecological TRANSITIONS-PSII en Perú, muestra los pasos prácticos para la elaboración del Bokashi y subraya la importancia de una gestión integrada de la fertilidad del suelo como base para lograr prácticas agrícolas sostenibles. …”
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The role of multi-stakeholder forums in subnational jurisdictions: Methods training manual and tools for in-depth research by Sarmiento Barletti, Juan Pablo, Larson, Anne M.

“…It was specifically designed to examine MSFs set up to address land use and land-use change at the subnational level in Brazil, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Peru. This manual should be read in tandem with the project s Framing literature review for in-depth field research. …”
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Efecto del suplemento Insulina-Transferrina-Selenio (ITS) sobre la tasa de desarrollo y calidad de embriones bovinos in vitro by Acosta Lobo, Mariano Eliecer, Robledo Salgado, Pablo Andres, Londono Franco, Luis Fernando, Torres Osorio, Viviana Andrea, Vasquez Araque, Neil A.

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Breaking down silos: Conservation areas for Amazonian flagship terrestrial and freshwater species by Shahbol, Natalie, Arias, Melissa, Boron, Valeria, Wiederhecker, Helga Correa, Caldas De Oliveira, Bernardo, La Rosa, Fabiola, Naidoo, Robin, Oliveira‐Da‐Costa, Marcelo, Pacheco, Jessica, Frias, Mariana Paschoalini, Petrone, Sandra, Sainz, Lila, Tickner, David, Trujillo, Fernando, Oviedo, José Saulo Usma, Van Damme, Paul Andre, Thieme, Michele

“…We found that 17% of the Amazon River Basin is covered by areas of high jaguar density and freshwater migratory species richness, 83% of which are found in Brazil and Peru. A third of these areas are located outside of formal protected areas or Indigenous territories, with Bolivia representing the largest gap in formal protection. …”
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Use of the Environmental Impact Quotient to Estimate Health and Environmental Impacts of Pesticide Usage in Peruvian and Ecuadorian Potato Production by Kromann, P., Pradel, W., Cole, D., Taipe, A., Forbes, G.

“…The EIQ was also applied to data from two independent farmer surveys, one from Peru and one from Ecuador to compare potato farming practices and the utility of the EIQ when applied to existing survey data. …”
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Regional experience with Brachiaria: tropical America-savannas by Pizarro, Esteban A., Valle, Cacilda Borges do, Keller-Grein, Gerhard, Schultze-Kraft, Rainer, Zimer, A.H.

“…This ecosystem occupies about 50 of Brazil; 60 of the area encompassed by Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador; 14 of Mexico; and significant areas in other countries of the region. …”
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Determinants of household food access among small farmers in the Andes: Examining the path by Leah, J., Pradel, W., Cole, Donald C., Prain, Gordon, Creed-Kanashiro, Hilary M., Carrasco, M.V.

“…We examined the associations among domains representing livelihood assets (human capital, social capital, natural capital, physical capital and financial capital) and household food access.Cross-sectional survey (two questionnaires) on livelihood assets.Metropolitan Pillaro, Ecuador; Cochabamba, Bolivia; and Huancayo, Peru.Households (n570) involved in small-scale agricultural production in 2008.Food access, defined as the number of months of adequate food provisioning in the previous year, was relatively good; 41 % of the respondents indicated to have had no difficulty in obtaining food for their household in the past year. …”
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Spatial and temporal contrasts in the distribution of crops and pastures across Amazonia: a new agricultural land-use dataset from census data since 1950 by Imbach, Pablo, Manrow, M., Barona, Elizabeth, Barretto, A, Hyman, Glenn G., Ciais, Philippe

“…Significant correlations were found between all ratios and the fraction of agricultural lands of each administrative unit, with the exception of planted to natural pastures ratio and pasture lands extent. Brazil and Peru in most cases have significant correlations for all ratios analyzed even for specific census and survey dates. …”
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Antimicrobial use in developing countries by Grace, Delia, Lindahl, Johanna F., Hung Nguyen-Viet, Kakkar, M.

“…Based on livestock intensification patterns, China, Brazil and India are current hotspots, and future hotspots with fastest growth of the intensive livestock sector in Myanmar, Indonesia, Nigeria, Peru and Vietnam. China is a hotspot for aquaculture and Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh, India and Chile are other countries where antimicrobial use in fish production may be problematic. …”
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Diversidad genética de la colección núcleo de silvestres de fríjol común (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) analizados mediante microsatélites fluorescentes by Soler Garzón, Alvaro

“…Usando los programas NTSyS y STRUCTURE, se identificaron cinco grupos bien definidos correspondiendo a los dos principales acervos: Mesoamérica y Andino, y los centros menores de Colombia, Ecuador-Norte del Perú y Guatemala. Accesiones provenientes de Guatemala y el sur de México presentaron diferenciación genética y estructural con los otros acervos y centros menores. …”
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The Bonsai as an alternative safety duplication system of the world cassava collection preserved at CIAT by Niño, Diana Patricia, Aranzales Rondón, Ericson, Erazo, Juan Camilo, López, Jhon Jenry, Vélez, Mónica

“…In order to guarantee the safety of the materials, the collection has an international duplicate kept at the International Potato Center (CIP) in Peru under in vitro conditions. However, due to the difficulties in having this system of duplication sustained for long periods of time, it was decided to keep the backup on a slow-growth scheme under greenhouse conditions. …”
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Analysis of gene content in sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus RNA1 reveals the presence of the p22 RNA silencing suppressor in only a few isolates: Implications for viral evolutio... by Cuéllar, Wilmer Jose, Tairo, F., Kreuze, Jan F., Valkonen, J.P.T.

“…This study showed that two ugandan SPCSV isolates contained the p22 gene, in contrast to three isolates of the east african strain from Tanzania and Peru and an isolate of the west african strain from Israel, which were missing a 767 nt fragment of RNA1 that included the p22 gene. …”
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Pagos por servicios ecosistémicos en la agricultura de pequeña escala: lecciones de la trayectoria de aprendizaje de Hivos-IIED by Porras, Ina, Vorley, Bill, Amrein, Alexandra, Douma, Willy, Clemens, Harry

“…El presente informe síntesis destaca las experiencias más importantes de seis proyectos en cinco países – Guatemala, Indonesia, Kenia, Nicaragua y Perú– que participan en el programa conjunto de Hivos-IIED, Trayectoria de Aprendizaje sobre PSE, el cual está analizando el uso de proyectos de carbono en la agricultura de pequeña escala. …”
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Una perspectiva general de produccion propia (autoabastecimiento) de semillas forrajeras por ganaderos by Pérez, R., Ferguson, John E.

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Temperature-dependent phenology and growth potential of the Andean potato tuber moth, Symmetrischema tangolias (Gyen) (Lep., Gelechiidae) by Sporleder, M., Schaub, B., Aldana, G., Kroschel, Jürgen

“…The development, mortality and reproduction were studied in two pest populations (from Peru and Ecuador) in which cohorts of each life stage were exposed to different constant temperatures ranging from 10°C to 28°C. …”
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Regional experience with Brachiaria: Tropical America-humid lowlands by Argel M., Pedro J., Keller-Grein, Gerhard

“…This ecosystem occupies about 50 of Brazil; 60 of the area encompassed by Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador; 14 of Mexico; and significant areas in other countries of the region. …”
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Regional experience with Brachiaria: Tropical America-savannas by Pizarro, Esteban A., Valle, Cacilda Borges do, Keller-Grein, Gerhard, Schultze-Kraft, Rainer, Zimer, A.H.

“…This ecosystem occupies about 50 of Brazil; 60 of the area encompassed by Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador; 14 of Mexico; and significant areas in other countries of the region. …”
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Balancing carrots and sticks in REDD+: implications for social safeguards by Duchelle, Amy E., Sassi, Claudio de, Jagger, P., Cromberg, M., Larson, A.M., Sunderlin, William D., Atmadja, S., Resosudarmo, I.A.P., Pratama, C.D.

“…We used household-level data collected in Brazil, Peru, Cameroon, Tanzania, Indonesia, and Vietnam from approximately 4000 households in 130 villages at two points in time (2010-2012 and 2013-2014). …”
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Comparing methods for assessing the effectiveness of subnational REDD+ initiatives by Bos, A.B., Duchelle, Amy E., Angelsen, A., Avitabile, Valerio, Sy, Veronique de, Herold, Martin, Joseph, S., Sassi, Claudio de, Sills, E.O., Sunderlin, William D., Wunder, Sven

“…Our study covers 23 subnational REDD+ initiatives in Brazil, Peru, Cameroon, Tanzania, Indonesia and Vietnam. …”
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Spatial distribution of Bertholletia excelsa in selectively logged forests of the Peruvian Amazon by Rockwell, Cara A., Guariguata, Manuel R., Menton, M., Arroyo Quispe, E., Quaedvlieg, J., Warren-Thomas, E., Fernández Silva, H., Jurado Rojas, E.E., Kohagura Arrunátegui, J.A.H., Meza Vega, L.A., Quenta Hancco, R., Revilla Vera, O., Valera Tito, J.F., Villarroel Panduro, B.T., Yucra Salas, J.J.

“…We asked the following questions: (1) What are the densities and spatial distributions of Brazil nut juveniles (10 ≤ dbh < 40 cm) and adults (≥ 40 cm dbh) in three selectively logged Brazil nut concessions (1413 ha sampled) in Madre de Dios, Peru; (2) What is the spatial relationship between adults and juveniles (10 ≤ dbh < 30 cm); and (3) What is the spatial relationship between juveniles (10 ≤ dbh <30 cm) and cut stumps (≥ 10 y)? …”
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