Prospecting for natural enemies and microbial control agents has been an important activity in Honduras since 1968, with as major projects the inventories of parasitoids of diamondback moth, striped grass looper, fall armyworm, Mexican cabbage butterfly, dipteran leaf miners, diaspids, coccids and...

Bioinsecticides based on Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) and transgenic plants expressing its toxins have been widely used to control insects in Latin America. In Brazil, during the season of 2013/14, 4 million ha were treated with Bt biopesticides, and the area of transgenic crops under cultivation...

This chapter focuses on how existing social organizational frameworks may restrict or enhance the successful implementation of sustainable tourism development. More specifically, on one level this chapter evaluates the perception of local political and ecotourism industry leaders, and on another,...

This chapter describes the developmental phases of a ratoon banana (Musa) plant (Cavendish subgroup), i.e. the vegetative phase, characterized externally by the emergence of leaves, and the reproductive phase, easily identified by emergence of the bunch. The seasonal influences of temperature on...

We used data from 376 households, 1066 parcels and 2143 plots located in 95 villages in the hillside areas of Honduras to generate information needed by decision makers to assess the needs and opportunities for public investments, and design policies that stimulate natural resource conservation. We ...

The objective of this paper is to analyse the actual situation, using limited publicly available data coupled with interviews with key professionals, of groundwater in Central America, emphasizing the utilization of groundwater for agricultural production. The paper is divided into four sections....

Bright spots are, by definition, cases where local food production has been improved primarily through resource-conserving agricultural techniques, which inlude: integrated pest management, integrated nutrient management, conservation tillage, agroforestry, aquaculture, water harvesting and...

Assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management (INRM) research poses a challenge to scientists. The complexity of INRM interventions requires a more holistic approach to impact assessment, beyond the plot and farm levels and beyond traditional analysis of economic returns. Impact...

The chapter analyses 'pathways of development' in a set of diverse communities in Central Honduras, where economic restructuring and land-use changes have been particularly great since the 1970s. They identify the characteristics and determinants of six distinct pathways, which differ substantially ...

The history of vaginulid (slugs belonging to the Vaginulidae) infestation in Central America; morphology of Belocaulus angustipes, Diplosolenodes occidentalis, Leidyula moreleti and Sarasinula plebeia (four of the major species of vaginulids in Central America); importance of S. plebeia as a major...