Low altitude humid tropical mountains in Central America have experienced a process of livestock expansion during recent decades.However, the use of sloping areas for cattle grazingmay lead to significant soil degradation ...

To understand the diversity of strategies of resource use at the species and community level of co-existing species in semi-natural grasslands, I used three different approaches: a) the comparison of above-ground net primary ...

Guatemala has the fourth highest rate of chronic under-nutrition for children under five in the world. One region particularly impacted is the Copanch’orti’ area of eastern Guatemala where chronic under-nutrition affected ...

Guatemala has the fourth highest rate of chronic under-nutrition for children under five in the world. One region particularly impacted is the Copanch’orti’ area of eastern Guatemala where chronic under-nutrition affected ...

Esta tesis describe y evalúa el impacto de un proceso participativo de aprendizaje y experimentación, basado en el enfoque de Escuelas de Campo (FFS) para ganaderos en Centro América. Organizaciones han dedicado esfuerzos ...

In Mesoamerica, coffee production is an important part of economies and societies, forming the backbone of thousands of families’ livelihoods and contributing significantly to national agricultural GDPs. Yet it is in Mexico ...

POLICYMIX aims to contribute to achieving the EUs goals of reversing trends in biodiversity loss beyond 2010 through the use of cost-effective and incentive compatible economic instruments. POLICYMIX focuses on the role ...

Background. Malnutrition affects a large number of people throughout the developing world. Approaches to reducing malnutrition rarely focus on ecology and agriculture to simultaneously improve human nutrition and environmental ...

Guatemala has the fourth highest rate of chronic under-nutrition for children under five in the world. One region particularly impacted is the Copanch’orti’ area of eastern Guatemala where chronic under-nutrition affected ...