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  1. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    November, 2011
    Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, South America

    From the start of the 1990s, the issue of Environmental Services has attracted the attention of conservationists, development organizations and donors, who have been interested in seeking and supporting new strategies for financing conservati on and, additionally, in some cases, for diversifying the income of rural communities.By the logic of the market, the principal proposal is the Payment for Ecosystem Services: “a voluntary transaction for an environmental service, in which at least one buyer and one seller participate; the environmental service is well-defined; and the provider of the

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2012
    Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Central America, South America

    Ecosystem services science has developed at a fast rate in Latin America, a region characterized by a high biological and cultural diversity, strong emphasis in foreign investment, and high socioeconomic inequities.

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1980
    Peru, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Central America, Northern America, South America

    White mold, caused by the fungus Sclerotinia (Whetzelinia) sclerotiorum, is distributed worldwide and has more than 300 hosts. It infects flowers, cotyledons, seeds, leaves or injured plant tissue. The disease can be controlled by crop rotation, flooding, reduced seeding rates, application of chemical products in the middle of the flowering period, modifying plant architecture and the use of resistant var. Many soil microorganisms are associated with sclerotia and may cause them to degrade or fan to germinate. The symptoms and damage caused by the disease are illustrated in color.

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1980
    Peru, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Central America, Northern America, South America

    White mold, caused by the fungus Sclerotinia (Whetzelinia) sclerotiorum, is distributed worldwide and has more than 300 hosts. It infects flowers, cotyledons, seeds, leaves or injured plant tissue. The disease can be controlled by crop rotation, flooding, reduced seeding rates, application of chemical products in the middle of the flowering period, modifying plant architecture and the use of resistant var. Many soil microorganisms are associated with sclerotia and may cause them to degrade or fan to germinate. The symptoms and damage caused by the disease are illustrated in color.

  5. Library Resource

    Agricultura Climáticamente Inteligente en Argentina

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    October, 2014
    Argentina, Central America, South America

    The climate-smart agriculture (CSA) concept reflects an ambition to improve the integration of agriculture development and climate responsiveness. It aims to achieve food security and broader development goals under a changing climate and increasing food demand.

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