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Clara I. Nicholls
Researcher at University of California, Davis
Publications - 22
Citations - 715
Clara I. Nicholls is an academic researcher from University of California, Davis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Agroecology & Agriculture. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 22 publications receiving 627 citations.
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The greening of the “barrios”: Urban agriculture for food security in Cuba
Miguel A. Altieri,Nelso Companioni,Kristina Cañizares,Catherine Murphy,Peter Rosset,Martin Bourque,Clara I. Nicholls +6 more
TL;DR: The authors in this paper explored the systems utilized by Cuba's urban farmers, and the impact that this movement has had on Cuban food security, highlighting diversification, recycling and the use of local resources.
Agroecología y resiliencia al cambio climático: Principios y consideraciones metodológicas
TL;DR: Amarante et al. as discussed by the authors define un marco conceptual and metodologico for poder descifrar los principios y mecanismos claves that explican the resiliencia of the sistemas diversificados, de manera de que estos puedan be transmitidos to other agricultores in cada region and asi mejoren the capacidad de resistencia and de recuperación of their fincas.
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Conventional agricultural development models and the persistence of the pesticide treadmill in Latin America
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyze how agricultural development programs, from the Green Revolution to the promotion of non-traditional export crops, have perpetuated the pesticide treadmill in the region, and link the pesticide problem to the broader policy, institutional socioeconomic and technical changes that must occur if agriculture is to be ecologically sound, economically viable and socially just.
Un método agroecológico rápido para evaluación de la sostenibilidad de cafetales
TL;DR: In this article, a metodologia for estimating the salud de a plantación and the calidad del suelo of a particular cultivo was proposed, considering that mientras mas se aproxime la "ameba" al diametro del circulo (valor 10, optimo) el sistema is mas sostenible.
Los impactos del cambio climático sobre las comunidades campesinas y de agricultores tradicionales y sus respuestas adaptativas
TL;DR: In this article, the authors re-evaluate indigenous knowledge and technologies as a key source of information of adaptive strategies centered on the experimental and innovative capacities of small farmers when confronting climate change.