Centroamérica: cambio institucional y desarrollo organizativo de las pequeñas unidades de producción rural

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Geo-environmental investigation: A brief review and a few suggestions for brazilian contaminated sites

This paper presents a brief review about site investigation procedures for contaminated sites recommended by Brazilian and Canadian environmental agencies as well as discusses the theme of geo-environmental investigation as applied to Brazilian practice. The main definitions on the theme are reviewed and some guidelines are proposed for conducting a geo-environmental investigation of Brazilian contaminated sites using different site and laboratory investigation techniques based on the presented review and on the experience obtained from the investigation of a solid waste disposal site in the interior of the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Cambios estructurales en las actividades agropecuarias: de lo primario a las cadenas globales de valor

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Energy efficiency potential in Jamaica: challenges, opportunities and strategies for implementation

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Panorama general de las nuevas formas de organización del agro: las principales cadenas agroalimentarias

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Comercio intraindustrial entre las economías de Asia y el Pacífico y la Alianza del Pacífico, 2007-2011

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Normas privadas: el nuevo desafío para las exportaciones de los países en desarrollo""

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El impacto de las reformas estructurales en la agricultura colombiana

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Mudanças estruturais na agricultura brasileira, 1980-1998

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La política agrícola en Chile: lecciones de tres décadas

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La calidad en alimentos como barrera para-arancelaria

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Viabilidad económica de la utilización de biogás para la conversión en energía eléctrica

The economic viability of the electrical power generation using biogas from swine wastes, was determined. The analyzed biodigester is a continuous tubular model with brick concrete duct and plastic covering with a gasometer, in which the waste of 2.300 fattening pigs are deposited daily. The initial investment estimate for the installation was R$ 51.537, the system annual costs were R$ 5.700, for maintenance, R$ 4.400 for depreciation and R$ 1.370 for interests. It was found that an average consumption of 28 kW-hour-1 is the minimum that the system must reach to be economically feasible.

Aspectos nutricionais de farinhas de vísceras de aves e sua utilização em rações de frangos de corte

In the process of slaughtering chickens, parts of them are discarded because are unfit for human consumption. These wastes should be directed to a destination that does not promote any risk to the environment and above all, according with the laws regulating waste disposal. So, the wastes are transformed into byproducts for utilization in the animal nutrition, poultry and swine feeding, but cannot use for ruminant feed, only non-ruminant feeding. In Brazil, the first scientific studies on the use of by-products of poultry slaughter as a protein source in diets for broiler chickens were started in the 1960's, and these results were used for a long time for food formulation, but the need to improve the herds stimulated the search for improvement in technologies for more accurate diet formulations. The objective of this article is to review some aspects of the physic-chemical composition, energy values and their use in diets for broilers.

Development of starch biobased and biodegradable plastics for their use in trays for food-packaging

This research work develops new methods to produce biodegradable starch-based trays for the purpose of replacing expanded polystyrene in the food packaging market. The starch based biopolymers present several drawbacks like poor mechanical properties and very high density. In order to overcome these drawbacks two research lines have been set up: blending thermoplastic starch with biobased reinforcements from agricultural wastes like barley straw and grape wastes, and testing the foamability of these materials with a Microwave-foaming method.

Estudio sobre la distribución espacial de la población en Colombia

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