Search Results - Colombian-American

Managing changes, transforming the sector: the case of the Colombian Roundtable for Sustainable Cattle by Triana Ángel, Natalia, Burkart, Stefan

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Carbon storage potential of silvopastoral systems of Colombia by Aynekulu, Ermias, Suber, M., Noordwijk, M. van, Arango, Jacobo, Roshetko, J.M., Rosenstock, Todd S.

“…Nine Latin American countries plan to use silvopastoral practices—incorporating trees into grazing lands—to mitigate climate change. …”
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Food and Nutrition Security in Colombia by Hodson de Jaramillo, Elizabeth, Castaño, Jairo, Poveda, Germán, Roldán, Gabriel, Chavarriaga Aguirre, Paul

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Role of Potato mop-top virus RNA-TGB in pathogenesis and synergism with Colombian potato soil-borne virus by Sondermann, Jana

“…A novel member of the pomovirus genus has been described co-infecting with PMTV in the South American Andes. Colombian potato soil-borne virus (CPSbV, pomovirus) induces mild mosaic on Nicotiana benthamiana leaves and twisting of the top leaves of the plant. …”

Climate Services for Resilient Development (CSRD) Partnership’s work in Latin America by International Center for Tropical Agriculture

“…The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) was the lead organization for the Colombian CSRD efforts – which then expanded to encompass work in the whole Latin American region.…”
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Colombia: A public-private partnership by Beintema, Nienke M., Romano, Luis, Pardey, Philip G.

“…Despite efforts in many Latin American countries to diminish the government role in the funding and performing of agricultural research and development (R&D), general government revenues are still the predominant source of support for agricultural research, as in many less-developed countries (Pardey and Beintema 2001). …”
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Analysis of threats to South American flora and its implications for conservation by Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Jarvis, Andy, Trouval, Jerry

“…Critical areas to monitor, expand and strengthen are mainly located in the Ecuadorian and Colombian Andes, southern Paraguay, the Guyana shield, southern Brazil, and Bolivia.…”
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Geographic distribution of Colombian spittlebugs (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) via ecological niche modeling: a prediction for the main tropical forages’ pest in the Neotropics by Hernández, Luis Miguel, Espitia, Paula A., Florián, David, Castiblanco, Valheria, Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés, Gómez-Jiménez, María I.

“…The results suggest that i) colombian spittlebugs imposes an important threat to Urochloa production in different South American countries, ii) each spittlebug species has a unique geographic distribution pattern, iii) in the future all the six species are likely to invade new geographic areas even in a pessimistic scenario, iv) A. lepidior and A. reducta showed a higher number of suitable habitats across Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, and Ecuador, where predicted risk is more severe. …”
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Comparative studies of Trypanosoma (Duttonella) vivax isolates from Colombia by Dirie, M.F., Otte, M.J., Thathi, R., Gardiner, Peter R.

“…Characterization by isoenzyme assay, karyotyping and DNA probe analysis, showed the Colombian isolates to be more similar to the West African than to KenyanT. vivax. …”
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The coffee rust crises in Colombia and Central America (2008–2013): impacts, plausible causes and proposed solutions by Avelino, Jacques, Cristancho, Marco, Georgiou, Selena, Imbach, Pablo, Aguilar, Lorena, Bornemann, Gustavo, Läderach, Peter R.D., Anzueto, Francisco, Hruska, Allan J, Morales, Carmen

“…All the intense epidemics experienced during the last 37 years in Central America and Colombia were concurrent with low coffee profitability periods due to coffee price declines, as was the case in the 2012–13 Central American epidemic, or due to increases in input costs, as in the 2008–11 Colombian epidemics. …”
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The coffee rust crises in Colombia and Central America (2008-2013): impacts, plausible causes and proposed solutions by Avelino, Jacques, Cristancho, Marco, Georgiou, Selena, Imbach, Pablo A., Aguilar, Lorena, Bornemann, Gustavo, Läderach, Peter, Anzueto, Francisco, Hruska, Allan J., Morales, Carmen

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Impact of planted fallows and a crop rotation on nitrogen mineralization and phosphorus and organic matter fractions on a Colombian volcanic-ash soil by Basamba, T.A.A., Barrios, E., Singh, B.R., Rao, Idupulapati M.

“…Soil fertility replenishment is a critical factor that many farmers in the tropical American hillsides have to cope with to increase food crop production. …”
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Comparative analysis of two emerging rice seed bacterial pathogens by Fory Sánchez, Paola Andrea, Triplett, Lindsay, Ballen, Carolina, Bello, Javier, Duitama, Jorge, Aricapa, María Girlena, Prado Patiño, Gustavo A., Correa, Fernando, Hamilton, John, Leach, Jan E., Tohme, Joseph M., Mosquera Cifuentes, Gloria Maria

“…Seed sterility and grain discoloration limit rice production in Colombia and several Central American countries. In samples of discolored rice seed grown in Colombian fields, the species Burkholderia glumae and B. gladioli were isolated, and field isolates were compared phenotypically. …”
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Endogeneity corrected stochastic production frontier and technical efficiency by Shee, Apurba, Stefanou, E.S.

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Biogeography and taxonomy of Mononychellus species associated with Manihot esculenta Crantz in the Americas by Guerrero, J.M., Flechtmann, CHW, Duque E., Myriam Cristina, Gaigl, A, Bellotti, Anthony C., Moraes, G.J. de, Braun, Ann R.

“…We mapped the distribution of Mononychellus spp. associated with cassava based on survey of 1264 fields in thirteen Central and South American countries. We collectred M. tanajoa (Bondar) in Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil and Paraguay, but not north of Panama, nor south of Colombia in the Andean region. …”
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La institucionalidad del crédito agropecuario en Colombia: un enfoque en el sector ganadero by Díaz, Manuel Francisco, Hurtado, Angie, Enciso, Karen, Burkart, Stefan

“…When examining the growth factors of the Latin American economies, it is observed that the promotion of rurality through agricultural production appears as a necessary condition. …”
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The impact of COVID-19 on the sustainable intensification of forage-based beef and dairy value chains in Colombia: A blessing and a curse by Burkart, Stefan, Díaz, Manuel Francisco, Enciso, Karen, Charry, Andrés, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Mena, Martín, Urrea Benítez, José Luis, Gallo Caro, Irieleth, Hoek, Rein van der

“…Through a qualitative approach, this perspective paper reviews the present and potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on progress towards sustainable intensification of the Colombian cattle sector. It also outlines new opportunities for sustainable intensification in Colombia that may provide useful examples for other Latin American countries. …”
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Rhynchophorus palmarum in Disguise: Undescribed Polymorphism in the “Black” Palm Weevil by Löhr, Bernhard, Becerra López Lavelle, Luis Augusto, Vásquez Ordoñez, Aymer Andrés

“…A regional expansion of this invasion to the South American continent was feared and all atypical specimens were submitted to taxonomic analysis. …”
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Notas sobre el posible origen y la variabilidad del cacao cultivado en la América Tropical by Mora Urpí, J.

“…It was found that variability is considerably greater in the Central American populations than in those of South America. …”
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Improving seasonal precipitation forecast for agriculture in the Orinoquía Region of Colombia by Fernandes, Katia, Muñoz, Angel, Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Agudelo, Diego, Llanos Herrera, Lizeth, Esquivel, Alejandra, Rodríguez Espinoza, Jeferson, Prager, Steven D.

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