This note summarizes the results of interviews with 16 farmers in Brazil to identify the motivations and challenges that impact farmers’ adoption of practices that improve biodiversity.
El cambio climático representa una amenaza para la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición, sobre todo por su impacto en la producción agrícola.
Climate change poses a threat to food security and nutrition, largely through its impacts on agricultural production.
The Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Project—officially the Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use for Improved Human Nutrition and Well-being project, or BFN project, is a multi-country initiative with an ambitious goal to
The current project has sought to assess
Quantitative data are important in measuring, monitoring, and benchmarking the inputs, outputs, and performance of agricultural science and technology (S&T) systems.
Los datos cuantitativos son importantes para la medición, supervisión y evaluación comparativa de los insumos, los resultados y el rendimiento de los sistemas de ciencia y tecnología agrícola (C&T).
Los datos cuantitativos son importantes para la medición, la supervisión y la evaluación comparativa de los insumos, los resultados y el rendimiento de los sistemas de ciencia y tecnología agropecuaria (C&T).
Quantitative data are important in measuring, monitoring, and benchmarking the inputs, outputs, and performance of agricultural science and technology (S&T) systems.
The Andean highlands are home to some of the poorest rural households in South America. Native potato varieties and local knowledge for their cultivation and use are unique resources possessed by farmers in these areas.
The study of collective action requires an understanding of the individual incentives and of the institutional constraints that guide people in making choices about cooperating or defecting on the group facing the dilemma.
This paper characterizes and measures the contribution of social capital to the performance of 50 agroenterprises in Colombia.
This paper characterizes and measures the contribution of social capital to the performance of 50 agroenterprises in Colombia.
Leaf-cutting ants (Atta. cephalotes) represents a serious problem to farmers in many parts of Latin America and accounts of ants eating up a whole cassava plot or destroying one or more fruit trees overnight are not uncommon.