Hay un fenómeno de feminización de las áreas rurales, pero con importantes diferencias entre países. En América Latina y el Caribe, el tamaño de la tierra cultivada o administrada por mujeres tiende a ser entre 42% y 80% menor y de inferior calidad que la de los hombres.

Proyecto de Graduación (Maestría en Ingeniería Vial) Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Escuela de Ingeniería en Construcción, 2016.

Mammalian carnivores play an important role in regulating food webs and ecosystems. While many carnivore populations are facing various threats such as habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching, and illegal trade, others have adapted to human-dominated landscapes. Information about Neotropical…

The forest transition framework describes the temporal changes of forest areas with economic development. A first phase of forest contraction is followed by a second phase of expansion once a turning point is reached. This framework does not differentiate forest types or ecosystem services, and…

Une version abrégée des chapitres 1 à 3 du SOFO 2016: rapport sur la Situation des forêts du monde 2016. Cette brochure de 32 pages inclut les tableaux, figures et messages clés de la publication SOFO, et permet aux lecteurs d’accéder au contenu le plus important dans un format facile à utiliser…

This infographic illustrates key facts from the 2016 edition of the biannual FAO State of the World’s Forests report. The State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) 2016 shows that it is possible to increase agricultural productivity and food security while halting or even reversing deforestation,…

Meeting Name: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA)
Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA-16/17/11
Session: Sess.16

Meeting Name: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA)
Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA-16/17/16
Session: Sess.16

Ecuador has submitted two national communications (NCs 2000, 2012) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), providing information on greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories, and measures to mitigate and to facilitate adequate adaptation to climate change among other…

Meeting Name: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA)
Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA-16/17/16
Session: Sess.16

Banana cultivation demands a large and frequent water supply throughout the production cycle to ensure optimal growth of the plantation, productivity and fruit quality. The types of irrigation used for banana can be sub foliar spray, suprafoliar spray, and drip gravity. The selection of the…

Meeting Name: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA)
Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA-16/17/Inf.11.4
Session: Sess. 16