Adoption of land uses compatible with the water ecosystem service in agricultural farms in Central America

 

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Autor: Meza, Víctor
Médium: artículo original
Stav:Versión publicada
Datum vydání:2013
Popis:The presence of trees in the farms is typically considered a good practice in water shed  management. Therefore, it was examined the voluntary adoption of land uses considered more compatible with the water ecosystem service (shade coffee and woodland) in the region of Trifinio (located in Honduras and Guatemala), where there is not given any incentives or payment for this environmental service. It was observed low adoption of these land uses on small farms. In practice, participation of small farms in conservation programs are subject to certain factors beyond the control of the producers such as minimum area of the farm. But, other factors such as perceived importance of land use has on food security and future motivation for adopting a production system can be more easily manipulated, although, in practical terms it is not always possible. Thus, for a spontaneous adoption of the trees and the forest should also influence cultural factors, even if the changes in this dimension generally take longer to be observed than the lifetime of the conservation projects.
Země:Portal de Revistas UNA
Instituce:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Jazyk:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/7220
On-line přístup:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/ambientales/article/view/7220
Klíčové slovo:Servicio ecosistémico hídrico
usos de la tierra
café arbolado
árboles aislados
bosque
Ecosystem water supply
land use
coffee trees
isolated trees
forest