Twenty agroforestry systems consisting of different management practices (conventional and organic) shade types were set up for coffee plantations in 2,000 at the Tropical Agricultural Research Higher Education Center (CATIE), Turrialba, Costa Rica. The physical (density, bulk density, moisture content, roasting loss) chemical attributes (mineral, total lipid, fatty acids, caffeine, carbohydrat...

Countries often lack methods for rapidly, but robustly determining greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation actions and their impacts comprehensively in the land use sector to support commitments Paris Agreement. We present rapid assessment based on easily available spatial data adoption costs related crops, livestock forestry identify priority locations actions. Applying case of Mexico, we found a nati...

The Farmers of the Future (FoF) initiative implemented a programme of integrating natural resources management in the basic education curriculum. The purpose of the study was to document activities and determine the effects of FoF programme on primary school learners’ perceptions towards natural resources management by comparing learners involved in the FoF programme and those not involved. Fur...

Kyabwanswa Rural Integrated Farming Systems (KRIFS) is a Community Based Organization (CBO) with its Head Office in Kitagwenda Town Council. KRIFS quartet model involves emphasis of integrating four agricultural activities namely: Apiculture, agro-forestry, coffee and at least one type livestock. The paper utilizes data obtained from January 2017 surveys, interviews, focus group discussions obs...

The use of non-conventional feed resources (NCFR) either as replacement or as a supplement in the nutrition of livestock is discussed in this paper. The shortage of feed resources for livestock and poultry feeding diverted majority of research in the field of animal nutrition to look into possibilities to overcome this nutritional crisis. A possible and perhaps the most viable proposition could...

We assessed the total nitrogen (N) concentrations of 28 still surface water (lake and pond), and 42 flowing surface water (river), monitoring sites under 29 typical terrestrial ecosystems of the Chinese Ecosystem Research Network (CERN) using monitoring data collected between 2004 and 2009. The results showed that the median total N concentrations of still surface water were significantly highe...