Latin America
Mountain ecosystems are a major source of the world's biological diversity, water, energy, and forest products. About 80% of the planet's fresh water supplies originate in mountain areas. Many of the world's most important food crops evolved in the unique micro-ecologies found in...
Over half a million hectares of agricultural terraces still exist in Peru, providing striking evidence of the achievements of ancient civilizations. Terraces formed the foundation of Inca food security, providing soils of good quality and moisture retention for the cultivation of maize...
This report presents findings of an evaluation of the Jequetepeque Watershed in Peru with respect to its suitability as a HELP Basin and suggests a preliminary strategy for implementing HELP on the watershed.
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3634, June 2005
Este documento busca responder la simple pregunta de: ¿Qué es población rural en América Latina y el Caribe?. Se plantea que la ruralidad es una gradiente y no una dicotomía, señalando dos dimensiones de esa gradiente:...
La aparición de empresas estadounidenses y europeas, que buscan patentar la elaboración de
productos sobre la base de la maca, ha puesto en alerta a los defensores de este cultivo, que por ahora solo crece en nuestro pais.
El siguiente informe ofrece información sobre los distintos aspectos del Foro. Se incluye un recuento sobre el proceso preparatorio del evento, un panorama general de las actividades realizadas, resúmenes de las sesiones temáticas y de los diálogos de alto nivel, así como información...
A preliminary version of The TradeOff Models, a decision support for policy makers, was completed. This sofware integrates field-scale GIS-based soils and climate data with the DSSAT suite of crop growth simulation models, econometrics-based economic simulation models of land used and...
Este documento contiene ejemplos de casos de implementación de políticas de desarrollo sustentable del mundo, como, la adopción de nuevas formas de gestión de agua, nuevos sistemas agrarios, conservación de la Biodiversidad, Ordenamiento Territorial y la internalizacion de las...
The possible expansion of agricultural land is limited to a few areas of South America and Africa, but the production potential of much of this unexploited land is likely to be marginal, due to inherent constraints of soil structure and rapid nutrient depletion. Production increases...
The report is based on a desk study of the following types of documents: multi-program reviews of ecoregional initiatives, reviews and evaluations carried out or commissioned by the CGIAR centers, reports of workshops or other meetings on ecoregional programs, and reviews and...
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