The Andean region of South America faces many challenges to increasing agricultural productivity: shrinking farm sizes, poor soils, erratic rainfall, and very high erosion rates. This article summarizes the positive impacts ...

This chapter examines the potential of conservation agriculture (CA) to increase agricultural productivity and sustainability in highly sloped areas and inter-Andean valley in post-land reform areas of the AR. Conservation ...

This chapter describes the Chimbo watershed in the Bolivar Province in Ecuador and efforts that are being made to increase agricultural productivity and soil quality in this area. It begins by explaining the landscape along ...

Corn (Zea mays L.) is important for food security in much of Ecuador. Small-scale farmers are using nitrogen (N) fertilizer without technical advice based on soil, crop, and climatologic data. The literature lacks studies ...

La presente investigación fue diseñada para entender el papel que juega el manejo de riesgos en las decisiones sobre qué variedades de papa producir en las comunidades de Tiraque, Morochata y Colomi. Para tal fin se necesitó ...

Introduction to a special issue of Revista de Agicultura dedicated to the SANREM project and its research

Este estudio emplea una frontera de producción estocástica para analizar la ineficiencia y las pérdidas en rendimientos asociadas con la ubicación y la diversificación de actividades en la producción de papa en Tiraque, ...

Introduction to special journal volume on SANREM CRSP findings in Tiraque, Bolivia

To enhance natural resources in Ecuador's highlands, a research partnership was formed between Ecuador's national agricultural research institute, several US universities and local farmers. To help identify and introduce ...