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Livestock intensification

21/10/2018 Go to Evidence

From 1.2 to 1.5 head of cattle per hectare increased the stocking rate in Mato Grosso during the period 2001-2013 (Garrett et al., 2018).

De 1.2 a 1.5 cabezas de ganado por hectárea aumentó la tasa de carga animal en Mato Grosso durante el período 2001-2013 (Garrett et al., 2018).

Garrett, R.D., Koh, I., Lambin, E.F., le Polain de Waroux, Y., Kastens, J.H., & Brown, J.C. (2018). Intensification in agriculture-forest frontiers: Land use responses to development and conservation policies in Brazil. Global Environmental Change, 53, 233-243.

Double crops

21/10/2018 Go to Evidence

10-fold increase in the double-cropped area of Mato Grosso (Brazil), from 340,000 ha in 2001 to more than 4.3 million ha in 2013 (Garrett et al., 2018).

10 veces aumentó el área de cultivos dobles de Mato Grosso (Brasil), pasando de 340,000 hectáreas en 2001 a más de 4.3 millones de hectáreas en 2013 (Garrett et al., 2018).

Garrett, R.D., Koh, I., Lambin, E.F., le Polain de Waroux, Y., Kastens, J.H., & Brown, J.C. (2018). Intensification in agriculture-forest frontiers: Land use responses to development and conservation policies in Brazil. Global Environmental Change, 53, 233-243.]

Population Density of El Salvador

30/12/2010 Go to Evidence

294 inhabitants/km2 represents the high population density of El Salvador, being a small country in terms of territorial extension (Martín Manzano, 2012).

294 hab/km2 representa la alta densidad poblacional de El Salvador, siendo un país pequeño en cuanto a extensión territorial (Martín Manzano, 2012).

Martín Manzano, M. del M. (2012). La FAO y la agricultura familiar: El caso de El Salvador. FAO El Salvador.

Rural Population of El Salvador

30/12/2010 Go to Evidence

7.5% of El Salvador's population lives in rural areas, being the third most populated country in Central America (Martín Manzano, 2012).

El 37.5% de la población de El Salvador vive en zonas rurales, siendo el tercer país más habitado de Centroamérica (Martín Manzano, 2012).

Martín Manzano, M. del M. (2012). La FAO y la agricultura familiar: El caso de El Salvador. FAO El Salvador.

Corn cultivated area

15/01/2009 Go to Evidence

1,004,000 hectares of corn ceased to be planted in Mexico between 1994 and 2006, showing a significant reduction in cultivated area (Arroyo, 2009).

1,004,000 hectáreas de maíz dejaron de sembrarse en México entre 1994 y 2006, mostrando una significativa reducción en la superficie cultivada (Arroyo, 2009).

Macías Uribe, C. (2019). World Agricultural Trade Reform, Insertion of Mexico´s agricultural sector under NAFTA and the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, 1994-2012. Textual, 74, 13-49.

Environmental services coffee plantations

04/06/2008 Go to Evidence

100% of coffee agroforestry systems are found in buffer zones of protected areas and inside the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor in Costa Rica (Bosselmann, 2008).

100% de los sistemas agroforestales de café se encuentran en zonas de amortiguamiento de áreas protegidas y dentro del Corredor Biológico Mesoamericano en Costa Rica (Bosselmann, 2008).

Bosselmann, A. (2008). Using payments for environmental services to secure environmental services and livelihoods in coffee agroforests – A project portrayal. Scandinavian Forest Economics, 42, 421-440.

Environmental impact of the coffee crisis

04/06/2008 Go to Evidence

100% of the shaded coffee plantations abandoned during the crisis were invaded and converted to intensively managed, short-term crops, treeless pastures or urban sprawl (Bosselmann, 2008).

100% de los cafetales bajo sombra abandonados durante la crisis fueron invadidos y convertidos a cultivos intensivamente manejados y de corta duración, pastos sin árboles o expansión urbana (Bosselmann, 2008).

Bosselmann, A. (2008). Using payments for environmental services to secure environmental services and livelihoods in coffee agroforests – A project portrayal. Scandinavian Forest Economics, 42, 421-440.