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Displaying 3896 - 3900 of 5074Consequences of biomanipulation for fish and fisheries
The main goal of biomanipulation by fish reduction is not a change in the fish community but a change in the aquatic ecosystem. Fish reduction is a method to push the system in another state, usually a shift from algae domination to macrophyte domination. Intensive fish removal is done by one of the following methods: seining (the Netherlands, Germany, UK), trawling (Sweden, Finland), use of rotenone (Norway, USA, Poland) and stocking of piscivorous fish (USA, Germany). If circumstances allow it (reservoir, ponds) draining is combined with seining (the Netherlands, UK, Poland).
Uso del ensilaje en el trópico privilegiando opciones para pequeños campesinos
El ensilaje ha sido siempre un componente integral de los sistemas de alimentación del ganado en las zonas templadas del mundo y se ha utilizado para asegurar el suministro de piensos durante todo el año con el fin de alcanzar una mayor producción de los animales. Sin embargo su uso en los trópicos se ha limitado a casos aislados, generalmente involucrando empresas de alto rédito, especialmente la industria lechera. Quales son las razones de su aparente falta de aplicación en los trópicos?
No-Tillage Farming for Sustainable Land Management: Lessons from the 2000 Brazil Study Tour
In November 2000, the World Bank (WB) and the Brazilian Federation for Direct Planting into Crop Residue (FEBRAPDP) organized the third Study Tour on “Producer-Led Rural Organizations for Sustainable Land Management” (PRO-SLM), with particular emphasis on notillage systems (NT).1 The Study Tour followed a 10-day itinerary of over 1,000 km through Southern Brazil, covering Paraná and Santa Catarina States, two states which received WB support through land and micro-watershed management projects.
Evaluación de los Recursos forestales 2000 (FRA 2000) - Nota de la Secretaría
Meeting symbol/code: LACFC 2000 4
تقرير جماعة العمل المشتركة بين المصالح والمعنية بالأغذية من أجل المدن
Meeting symbol/code: COAG 01 Inf.3