Tuesday, 28 January 2020 20:09
Manual de buenas prácticas para la conservación de la biodiversidad y la adaptación a una agricultura climáticamente inteligente.
Written by marcoslópez- Type: Manual/How -to-Toolkit, Country Publication
- Source: SGP Guatemala, Cooperativa El Recuerdo
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- Focal Areas: Biodiversity, Land Degradation, Sustainable Forest Management, Community-Based Adaption
- Countries: Guatemala
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
This compendium of good agroecological practices has been developed, with the participation of agronomist specialists of the Cooperative "El Recuerdo", experts in training and in the use of climate adapted processes; based on the good experiences obtained from the development projects executed in the southeast of Guatemala, specifically in 10 communities in the department of Jalapa and Jutiapa (Guatemala). The techniques and good practices have been validated both by the executing organization of the same in the field and by the same beneficiaries who saw their crops and forests grow thanks to their adaptation to the new techniques provided and the improvements in quality and quantity of sustainable production and management of the land.
The practices outlined in this manual are made available to the interested public for replication in other spaces. In the following pages the reader will be able to find descriptively each practice, its advantages and impacts, the factors that limit its implementation and the steps and inputs necessary for its execution. Its use as training material and supporting document, will help both small producers and the specialists who are responsible for training communities in the future.