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
- Region: Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Policy
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
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
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
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
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
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
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
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
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
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
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
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Fitopatologia “intercropping” y mezclas conservacion – Climate Change, biodiversity and ecosystem services: The view from Plant Pathology
Summary: A presentation that describes the author
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): K.A. Garrett
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
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
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
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
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management