Descripción
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Sustainability evaluation of peasant agricultural systems is becoming a global challenge due to the fact that family farms produce over 70% of food supply. In rural areas of Nicaragua family farm involve about 49% population and the subsistence agriculture represents 38 per cent. The study area was located in 11 communities in the municipality of San José de Cusmapa (county of Madriz, Nicaragua) where 80 semi-structured interviews were conducted. The sustainability indicators: crop yield, energy efficiency, agricultural benefit/cost ratio, erosion risk, agrobiodiversity, technology availability and community participation were analyzed. It shows an unsustainable handling of both natural resources and farming systems, levels of extreme poverty manifested in food shortages and nutritional deficiencies. Among the analyzed indicators, it should be noted the low values of crop yield and agrobiodiversity. It will, therefore, be necessary to uplift the adaptation capacity of peasant communities, in order to improve their standard of living and the ecosystem?s health. | |
Internacional
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Si |
JCR del ISI
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No |
Título de la revista
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Revista Española de Estudios Agrosociales y Pesqueros |
ISSN
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1575-1198 |
Factor de impacto JCR
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0,103 |
Información de impacto
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Indice EC3: Indice de impacto de las Revistas españolas de Ciencias sociales http://ec3.ugr.es/ec3/Economia.html |
Volumen
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236 |
DOI
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Número de revista
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236 |
Desde la página
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171 |
Hasta la página
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197 |
Mes
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DICIEMBRE |
Ranking
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40/133 en 2011 Q2 |