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The potato plays a key role in global nutrition, due to its high productivity and high nutritional value. One of the effects of climate change and variability is the increase in pests and diseases, which represents a great threat to the sustainability of agriculture and food security. The potato is very sensitive to abiotic stresses causing significant yield reductions and frost can destroy the cr...

Global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) is a major environmental concern. Countries that have ratified the Kyoto Protocol are required to submit periodic reports to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) about their GHG emissions and climate change adaptation and mitigation programs. The countries involved in the project carry out their emission inventories based on e...

Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a staple in the diet of 17.8 million people worldwide. In addition to constituting an industrial crop with high potential that generates income for small and medium-scale farmers, it contributes to the social development of the regions where it is grown. Cassava is highly adapted to marginal growth conditions, a relevant aspect for farmers who must face unpred...

Livestock farming is one of the principal land uses in Central America with 13 million hectares in pastures, and with a high percentage of the population dependent on this activity as the main way of life. However, the predominant monoculture pasture-based production systems in the region are associated with high environmental degradation and low animal productivity. It is estimated that more than...

Coffee growing is a very important source of foreign exchange for producing countries and provides livelihoods and food security to the numerous small producers who are engaged in this activity: for example, 110 thousand producers in Honduras and 30% of the rural population of Nicaragua depend on coffee farming. Assessments of the future impacts of climate change on the coffee sector carried out i...