Las pasturas son ecosistemas antropizados que ofrecen recursos alimenticios de bajo costo, principalmente para la alimentación de rumiantes, siendo la base para la producción y los medios de vida en muchas zonas rurales del mundo. La producción basada en pasturas tiene importancia por las implicaciones sociales, ambientales y económicas. Aquí la aplicación de la sostenibilidad juega un papel destacado, porque permite ...

Mexico has optimal conditions for the cultivation of natural rubber but imports more than 80 % of its consumption. The model of development suppliers through Innovation Management Agencies (agi, for their acronym in Spanish) was implemented to improve this situation. This work analyzed the achievements of technical assistance services provided by two agi to two rubber agro-industries (AI) and their suppliers located ...

The sheep industry is one of the leading sectors in the Castilla-La Mancha economy in Spain. It occupied the fourth position in the European context in 2017. The income of this sector stems mainly from the sale of milk and derived products with PDO (protected designation of origin) as the “Manchego cheese” that generated 61.21  % of the economic value of the PDO products in Spain during 2016. However, nowadays these ...

In order to evaluate different forms among efficient microorganisms and Rhizobium inoculation in the morphological and productive behavior of common beans, an experiment was developed at the Collective farmers "Martires de Taguasco", Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, from October 2012 to January 2013 using the Cuba cueto cultivar. Two factors were evaluated, the first was the use of Rhizobium (without and with 1 kg/ 46 kg of seed) ...

The aim of this study was to compare the bromatological and structural behavior of Megathyrsus maximus (Poaceae) in four silvopastoral arrangement systems and a treeless prairie. Exclusion cages were used to evaluate four regrowth ages: 7, 14, 21 and 28 days. In each stage, the following were assessed: crude protein, neutral detergent fiber, acid detergent fiber and in situ degradability of dry matter (bromatological) ...

In Venezuela, a total of 5.4% of the territory of agricultural use is dedicated to the production of roots and tubers, which corresponds to 93.677 hectares, of which an important production of potatoes is concentrated in the state of Carabobo; however, there are currently conflicts over the use of land. The objective of this research was to define suitable areas for the cultivation of potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) ...

Extreme climatic events can affect forage productionand efficiency in livestock productionsystems. Grass species show high vulnerabilityunder these conditions, so it is important to lookfor alternatives for livestock systems to adapt.The performance of Moringa oleifera in tropicalhumid forest ecosystems was established as a foragealternative in feeding programs. Moringa oleiferawas evaluated during one year in forage ...

There is a concern for the chemical characterization of foods with economic and nutritional potential, especially those of low caloric value, in their constitution of proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, minerals, and vitamins, important for a healthy diet. Among these foods, edible flowers are distinguished for their beauty and for flavoring dishes; furthermore, they also have nutritional and medicinal properties. In this ...

In the Atusparia sector, Tocache, of the San Martín region in Peru, two-year-old plants of Theobroma cacao L. (Malvaceae) of the CCN-51 clone showed for the first time in January 2010, symptoms of leaf yellowing, wilt and dieback, with an internal obstruction of the vascular system of the plant. To isolate the fungus, diseased tissues were cultured in Petri dishes containing potato dextrose agar oxytetracycline, and ...

In the Colombian Amazon, cacao tree (Theobroma cacao L.) plantations have low yield due to soil acidity which limits the efficient use of nutrients. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of liming and fertilization in an acid soil (Typic Udorthents) of the Colombian Amazon on the efficient use of nutrients in terms of nutrient use efficiency (nue) and fertilizer recovery efficiency (fre) for N, P ...