Increased population, low agricultural productivity, pressure on land and overexploitation of natural resources, are current problems in the Andean ecoregion. Knowledge of the region is vast, but results from site-specific research have seldom been integrated. A holistic ecoregional research appr...
León Velarde, C.U.
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Quiróz, R.
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[Crop-livestock systems research in the Andean region: ecoregional approach, methods and procedures]
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Crop-livestock systems research in the Andean region: ecoregional approach, methods and procedures
Latin America is well endowed with natural resources, yet poverty is wide-spread, wealth is distributed unequally and natural resoruces in marginal areas are deteriorating. The region can be broken down into several sub-regions according to geographic and ethnic characteristics, relative level of...
Li Pun, H.H.
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León Velarde, C.U.
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Mares, V.M.
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[Livestock, ethics, quality of life and development in Latin America]
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Livestock, ethics, quality of life and development in Latin America
León Velarde, C.U.
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Arce, B.
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Quiróz, R.
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[Modelacion de sistemas de produccion de leche: descripcion de sus componentes e interacciones para el diseno de modelos de simulacion]
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Modelacion de sistemas de produccion de leche: descripcion de sus componentes e interacciones para el diseno de modelos de simulacion
The Andean region in South America is a wide mountainous area covering approximately 1.4 million sq. km. Most of the estimated population of more than 113 million depend on agriuclture for their livelihood. The majority of the farming systems in the high Andes are mixed crop-livestock systems. Li...
León Velarde, C.U.
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Quiróz, R.
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Zorogastua, P.
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Tapia, M.
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[Sustainability concerns of livestock-based livelihoods in the Andes]
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Sustainability concerns of livestock-based livelihoods in the Andes