Four decades of land use change in the Cotacachi Andes: 1963-2000
This fourth chapter uses a combination of scientific tools and interview to track changes in land use patterns in Cotacachi over the latter half of the […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): X. Zapata Rios; R.E. Rhoades; M.C. Segovia; F. Zehetner
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Toward sustainable crop production in Cotacachi: An assessment of the soils’ nutrient status
In Chapter 12, soil nutrients and soil quality in Cotacachi are thoroughly examined to evaluate historic, current, and future capacity for crop production. The Cotacachi soils […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): F. Zehetner; W.P. Miller
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Plant-water relations in an Andean landscape: Modelling the effect of irrigation on upland crop production
Chapter 13 models the potential impact of expanding the availability of irrigation in Cotacachi. While Cotacachi receives enough rain to cultivate a number of crops in […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): F. Zehetner; W.P. Miller; X. Zapata Rios
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Shaping an Andean landscape: Processes affecting topography, soils and hydrology in Cotacachi
This second chapter introduces the topography and field scale characteristics of soil and water types, processes, and uses. Important concepts regarding the variation of climate and […]
- Date of Publication: 2006
- Author(s): F. Zehtner; W.P. Miller
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Salazar, Marcia
Country of Origin: Ecuador- Start Date: 2005/08/01
- End Date: 2006/08/01
- University: Purdue University
- Degree: MS
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Uberhuaga, Patricia
Country of Origin: Bolivia- Start Date: 2005/08/01
- End Date: 2008/12/01
- University: The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark
- Degree: PhD
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
A certain parallax: Informal and formal mechanisms of in situ conservation
Powerpoint presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 5-10 April 2005.
- Date of Publication: April 2005
- Author(s): V. Nazarea
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
LTRA-1: Decentralization Reforms and Property Rights
This project, working in Uganda, Kenya, Mexico, and Bolivia, sought to link policy changes with outcomes for people and the environment. Researchers focused on the role […]
- Start Date: 2005
- End Date: 2009
- Project Code: LTRA-1
- Lead University: Indiana University
LTRA-3: Watershed-based Natural Resource Management for Small-scale Agriculture
Most households in rural watershed regions of the Andes rely on agriculture or other natural-resource based activities for their livelihoods. SANREM researchers monitored the social, economic, […]
- Start Date: 2005
- End Date: 2009
- Project Code: LTRA-3
- Lead University: Virginia Tech
LTRA-4: Practices and Strategies to Address Climate Change and Market Risks
Amid climate, economic, and social changes in the Andean regions of Bolivia and Peru, small landholders are increasingly vulnerable to environmental and market shocks and stresses. […]
- Start Date: 2005
- End Date: 2009
- Project Code: LTRA-4
- Lead University: University of Missouri-Columbia
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Capacity Building, Climate Change, Markets
