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Agrobiodiversity in mountain territories: family farming and the challenges of social-environmental changes
(Springer, 2023)
Family farming plays a fundamental role in food production. However, it faces rapid processes of social-environmental change, such as the application of hegemonic agrarian modernization policies and restrictions on the ...
Energy efficiency of smallholder commercial vegetable farms in Cuenca (Ecuador)
(2020)
Background. Vegetable crops in Ecuador are produced primarily by smallholders in the Andes. Cuenca is an intermediate city in Southern Ecuador whose demand of fresh vegetables is supplied mostly by small farms ...
Rice Cultivation, Trinidad
(Davidson and Todd, Ltd., 2009-08-04)
A picture of a rice field bordered by a low dirt wall that is used for damming the field. Rice was introduced to Trinidad by East Indians in the 1800s and by the 1870s was cultivated in the Caroni swamp and the Oropouche ...
Guest workers: herders, borregueros or peões in the United States and Canada rocky mountainsTrabalhadores hóspedes: Herders, Borregueros ou peões nas montanhas rochosas dos Estados Unidos e Canadá
(Universidade Estadual de Campinas, UNICAMP, Unidade da Faculdade de Ciências Aplicadas de Limeira-SP, vinculada ao Laboratório de Estudos do Setor Público, LESP, 2013)
Microbial-based technologies for improving smallholder agriculture in the Ecuadorian Andes: current situation, challenges, and prospects
(2021)
As in other Andean countries, smallholder agriculture is the base that supports food and nutrient security in Ecuador. Ironically, in spite of their importance, the development of context-appropriate technologies for these ...
A Rice Field, Trinidad
(2009-07-31)
A description on the back of the postcard reads "Rice is largely grown on swamp lands by the East Indian population. The fields shown are situated at the foot of the northern range of mountains; they are enclosed by low ...
A Rice Field, Trinidad
(2009-08-04)
A description on the back of the postcard reads "Rice is largely grown on swamp lands by the East Indian population. The fields shown are situated at the foot of the northern range of mountains; they are enclosed by low ...