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Frontier areas in Latin America have been characterized by land speculation, abandonment and exploitation. This paper analyzes a frontier cattle ranching area in the savanna where intensification has occurred in spite of land speculation. A whole farm livestock production model is used to quantif...


Smith, J.Cadavid Herrera, JVRincón Castillo, A.Vera, Raúl R.[Land speculation and intensification at the frontier: a seeming paradox in the Colombian savanna]Land speculation and intensification at the frontier: a seeming paradox in the Colombian savanna
Guiller, KETittonell, Pablo A.Rufino, Mariana C.Wijk, Mark T. vanZingore, ShamieMapfumo, PaulAdjei-Nsiah, SamuelHerrero, Mario T.Chikowo, RegisCorbeels, MarcRowe, ECBaijukya, Frederick P.Mwijage, ASmith, J.Yeboah, E.Burg, W.J. van derSanogo, O.M.Misiko, Michael T.Ridder, N.A. deKaranja, S.Kaizzi, CKungu, J.Mwale, MNwaga, DPacini, C.Vanlauwe, Bernard[Communicating complexity: integrated assessment of trade-offs concerning soil fertility management within African farming systems to support innovation and development]Communicating complexity: integrated assessment of trade-offs concerning soil fertility management within African farming systems to support innovation and development

This research was part of a tri-national project intended to determine the main factors constraining or favoring the adoption of sustinable forest management practices in the Brazilian, Bolivian and Peruvian Amazon. The paper describes the logging practices followed by timber extractors in Peru's...


Colan, V.Sabogal, C.Snook, L.K.Boscolo, M.Smith, J.Galvan, O.[El manejo forestal en la Amazonia Baja del Peru: diagnostico e implicaciones para la adopcion de buenas practicas]El manejo forestal en la Amazonia Baja del Peru: diagnostico e implicaciones para la adopcion de buenas practicas

This paper analyzes land use change in the Brazilian savanna and draws out policy implications about the adoption of resource management technologies. Resources management technologies are more likely to be adopted in areas experiencing a long-term deterioration in market conditions. Adoptions oc...


Smith, J.Cadavid, J.C.Ayarza, Miguel AngelAguiar, J.L.P. deRosa, Roberto[Land use change in soybean production systems in the Brazilian savanna: the role of policy and market conditions]Land use change in soybean production systems in the Brazilian savanna: the role of policy and market conditions

The technological and institutional requirements needed for a broader distribution and adoption of new cropping technologies are indicated, using as example the case of changes in land use by soybean growers of the Brazilian Cerrados. In Brazil, soybean had contributed significantly to economic d...


Smith, J.Cadavid Herrera, JVAyarza, Miguel AngelAgiar, J.L.P.[Adoption of resource management technologies : lessons from the Brazilian savanna]Adoption of resource management technologies : lessons from the Brazilian savanna

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