Sustainable Agriculture & Natural Resource Management (SANREM)

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An economic analysis of smallholder coffee production in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Vietnam

Abstract: Coffee is one of the most important export commodities in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Vietnam. Unfortunately, a recent decline in the price of coffee due […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): M. Salazar
  • Type of Document: Thesis or Dissertation

Analisis de vulnerabilidad a la inseguridad alimentaria nutricional

Summary: An analysis of the nutritional food insecurity vulnerability in Bolivia using cartography. Indicators, methodology and outcomes are shown, and explained in detail.

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): C. Barragan
  • Type of Document: Media

Trees and trade-offs: Perceptions of eucalyptus and native trees in Ecuadorian highland communities

This eighth chapter examines historic and current processes for forest management in the Ecuadorian highlands. In Cotacachi, eucalyptus plantations have become increasingly important as an alternative […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): A.D. Carse
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Why is the earth tired? A comparative analysis of agricultural change and intervention in Northern Ecuador

Chapter 17 provides a historical agro-ecology analysis that aims to better understand local perceptions of declining agricultural production and attempts to uncover potential causes of this […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): B.C. Campbell
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Coaliciones de persuasion, los capitales y investigacion – accion participativa

Summary: An explanation of the various capitals and their relationship with a healthy ecosystem, social equity and vital economy. It also explains the importance of the […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): C.B. Flora; J.L. Flora
  • Type of Document: Media

Circular migration and community identity: Their relationship to the land

In Chapter 18, the tension between attachment to the land and the need to migrate to earn a livelihood felt by indigenous peoples is studied to […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): G. Flora
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Social capital and advocacy coalitions: Examples of environment issues from Ecuador

Using the Advocacy Coalition Framework, chapter 19 examines a number of natural resource management issues in Ecuador. Through analysis that focuses on policy then impact, the […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): J.L. Flora; C.B. Flora; F. Campana; M. Garcia Bravo; E. Fernandez-Baza
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Redes, conocimientos y tomas de decisiones

Summary: A theoretical framework for network analysis in the Andes.

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): J.L. Gilles
  • Type of Document: Media

Viabilidad economica de los pagos por servicios ambientales, caso del Acueducto Regional del Tachira, Cuenca del rio Pereno, Estado Tachira, Venezuela

Resumen: En la cuenca del rio Pereno, Estado Tachira, Venezuela, existe un programa de pagos por servicios ambientales (PSA), estudios previos determinaron que existe una maxima […]

  • Date of Publication: 2006
  • Author(s): R.R. Gustavo
  • Type of Document: Thesis or Dissertation