The Agronomy Field Information Management System (AgroFIMS) has been developed on CGIAR’s HIDAP (Highly Interactive Data Analysis Platform) created by CGIAR’s International Potato Center, CIP. AgroFIMS draws fully on ontologies, particularly the Agronomy Ontology (AgrO)1. It consists of modules t...
Aubert, C.
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Benites-Alfaro, O.E.
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Perez, I.
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Laporte, M.A.
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Juarez, H.
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Devare, M.
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[AgroFIMS v.1.0 - User manual]
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AgroFIMS v.1.0 - User manual
With past and continued destruction of primary forest worldwide, secondary forest constitute a large and growing component of forest cover and have been found to be very important for a wide range of goods and services. Despite its widespread usage, there is considerable ambiguity with regard to ...
In Vietnam, as in many developing countries, there is an emerging interest in knowing to what extent and in what ways poverty alleviation can be achieved through use of forest resources, and to what extent poverty alleviation and maintenance or expansion of forest cover are compatible goals. This...
In Vietnam, as in many developing countries, there is an emerging interest in knowing to what extent and in what ways poverty alleviation can be achieved through use of forest resources, and to what extent poverty alleviation and maintenance or expansion of forest cover are compatible goals. This...
Kulakow, P.A.
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Bakare, M.A.
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Shrestha, R.
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Arnaud, Elizabeth
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[Expansion of the crop ontology by adding cassava trait ontology]
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Expansion of the crop ontology by adding cassava trait ontology
The role of shifting cultivation in deforestation in Indonesia has been an area of great debate. Some claim this farming system is the main cause of forest cover loss. Others claim that - far from being damaging - it is a key means for the conservation and sustainable management of remaining fore...
Sunderlin, William D.
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[Shifting cultivation and deforestation in Indonesia: steps toward overcoming confusion in the debate]
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Shifting cultivation and deforestation in Indonesia: steps toward overcoming confusion in the debate
This chapter provides defintions on some key terms addressed by the book "Tropical fruit tree diversity: good practices for in-situ and on-farm conservation" (Sthapit et al. (eds.)). It is important to understand the wider context in which such practices take place, as some of them are relatively...
The persistent physical, chemical and biological limitations found in degraded forest lands create barriers to natural forest regeneration; an accurate assessment of these factors is key in determining which rehabilitation interventions will be necessary, based on the objectives of the interventi...
This chapter sets out the possible management objectives and technical options for managing secondary forests as part of an forest landscape rehabilitation (FLR) program. The two main alternative strategies – managing improved fallows without compromising agricultural production, and managing for...