Resultados de búsqueda - Latin America Relations

Analysis and prioritization of sustainable livelihood alternatives for the Central Belize River Valley Communities por Charry, Andres, Claros Trujillo, Luisa María, Wiegel, Jennifer Rebecca

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Women's status, gender relations, and conditional cash transfers por Adato, Michelle, Roopnaraine, Terry

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Scenarios for trade integration in the Americas por Diao, Xinshen, Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Robinson, Sherman

“…These results are consistent with earlier studies of NAFTA, which also predicted small positive gains for the U.S. and large gains for Mexico. Many countries in Latin America are currently undergoing macroeconomic strains, and growth in the region has slowed. …”
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The road to the WTO twelfth Ministerial Conference: A Latin American and Caribbean perspective por Piñeiro, Valeria, Campos, Adriana, Piñeiro, Martín

“…The global economy has substantially deteriorated over the past two years, with structural impacts in the areas of trade and food security, particularly for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The multilateral trading system and its main organization, the WTO, have come under attack and are being discredited. …”
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Integrated genetic and metabolic characterization of Latin American cassava (Manihot esculenta) germplasm por Pérez Fons, Laura, Ovalle, Tatiana Maria, Drapal, Margit, Ospina Portilla, Maria Alejandra, Gkanogiannis, Anestis, Bohorquez-Chaux, Adriana, Becerra Lopez-Lavalle, Luis Augusto, Fraser, Paul David

“…Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an important staple crop for food security in Africa and South America. The present study describes an integrated genomic and metabolomic approach to the characterization of Latin American cassava germplasm. …”
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Potential economic benefits of integrating silvopastoral arrangements in Latin American cattle systems por Enciso, Karen, Sotelo, Mauricio E., Peters, Michael, Flórez, Fernando, Burkart, Stefan

“…This study is a valuable input for decision-making in adoption processes of SPS in Latin America.…”
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Indigenous and Customary Land Tenure Security: History, Trends, and Challenges in the Latin American Context por Sauls, L.A., Galeana, F., Lawry, S.

“…Finally, drawing primarily on evidence from Latin America, we explore how tenure insecurity of Indigenous and customary lands remains a significant challenge to realizing sustainable development across diverse landscapes.…”
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Data - Integrated genetic and metabolic characterization of Latin American cassava (Manihot esculenta) germplasm por Pérez Fons, Laura, Ovalle Rivera, Tatiana Melissa, Ospina Portilla, Maria Alejandra, Gkanogiannis, Anestis, Bohorquez Chaux, Adriana, Becerra Lopez Lavalle, Luis Augusto, Fraser, Paul David

“…Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an important staple crop for food security in Africa and South America. The present study describes an integrated genomic and metabolomic approach to the characterization of Latin American cassava germplasm. …”
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Quantitative trait loci mapping for yield and related traits in cowpea por Sodo, A.M.I., Ongom, P.O., Fatokun, C., Olasanmi, B., Dieng, I., Boukar, O.

“…Background/Objectives: Cowpea is a major source of dietary protein and plays a key role in sustainable agriculture across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Asia, and Latin America. Research efforts have focused mainly on enhancing productivity through higher yield and resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses in cowpea. …”
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Comprehensive genomic resources related to domestication and crop improvement traits in Lima bean por García, Tatiana, Duitama, Jorge, Smolenski-Zullo, Stephanie, Gil, Juanita, Ariani, Andrea, Dohle, Sarah, Palkovic, Antonia, Skeen, Paola, Bermudez-Santana, Clara Isabel, Debouck, Daniel G., Martínez Castillo, Jaime, Gepts, Paul L., Chacón-Sánchez, Maria Isabel

“…These adaptations make it a promising crop for improving food security under predicted scenarios of climate change in Latin America and elsewhere. In this work, we combine long and short read sequencing technologies with a dense genetic map from a biparental population to obtain the chromosome-level genome assembly for Lima bean. …”
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Evolution of Approaches on Water Resources Management and Integrated Watershed Management Planning: Complement, Synergies, and the Way Forward por Benegas Negri, Laura A

“…Several approaches were used since the beginning of times to do water management. Relatively recent is the integrated water resources management (IWRM) proposed as an intent to bring a standard approach which is currently included in all recent water laws in Latin America and the Caribbean. …”
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Experiencias y retos del manejo forestal comunitario en América Tropical por Pokorny B., Sabogal, C., Jong, W. de, Stoian, D., Louman, Bastian, Pacheco, P., Porro, N.M.

“…This paper summarizes the main findings of “Communitarian forest management in Tropical America: Experiences, lessons and challenges for the future”, jointly produced by a group of researchers closely related to CFM in Latin America. …”
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Pobreza y bosques en America Latina: una agenda de accion por Kaimowitz, D.

“…Approximately 25 millon people live in the main forested regions of Latin America. The forestry sector there directly provides two or three million jobs and perhaps another three or four million people work in related activities. …”
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Riquezas del bosque: frutas, remedios y artesanias en America Latina por López, C., Shanley, P., Cuba-Cronkleton, M.

“…This book compiles traditional and specialized knowledge about 26 plants used by rural and urban people in Latin America. The pages tell real-life stories about a wide range of forest products and the people who use and manage them. …”
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Effects of trees on infiltrability and preferential flow in two contrasting agroecosystems in Central America por Benegas Negri, Laura A., Ilstedt, Ulrik, Roupsard, Olivier, Jones, J., Malmer, A.

“…Since the coffee plants at this site are established (40 years)perennial vegetation with substantial residues and extensive root systems like trees, they improve soilphysical properties similarly to trees.Trees increase hydrologic services in pasture lands, a rapidly expanding land use type across LatinAmerica, and therefore may be a viable land management option for mitigating some of the negativeenvironmental impacts associated with land clearing and animal husbandry. …”
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Experiencias y retos del manejo forestal comunitario en América Tropical por Pokorny, Benno, Sabogal, César, Jong, Will de, Stoian, Dietmar, Louman, Bastiaan, Pacheco, Pablo, Porro, Noemi

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Stunted child - overweight mother pairs: an emerging policy concern? por Garrett, James L., Ruel, Marie T.

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The coexistence of child undernutrition and maternal overweight: : Prevalence, hypotheses, and programme and policy implications por Garrett, James L., Ruel, Marie T.

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Riquezas da floresta: frutas, plantas medicinais e artesanato na América Latina por López, C., Shanley, P., Fantini, A.C.

“…This book compiles traditional and specialized knowledge about 26 plants used by rural and urban people in Latin America. The pages tell real-life stories about a wide range of forest products and the people who use and manage them. …”
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Coping with the “coffee crisis” in Central America: the role of the Nicaraguan Red de Protección Social por Maluccio, John

“…The international and local Nicaraguan media have widely reported on the “coffee crisis” in Latin America and there is substantial evidence that there has been a downturn and that this has been more severe in the coffee-growing regions. …”
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