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Fijación biológica de nitrógeno por Leguminosas Arbóreas para para sombra de café en Puerto Rico
(2007)
Sustainable production of shaded coffee brings multiple benefits, including the conservation and increase of soil fertility. The objective of this study was to evaluate the capacity of biological N2 fixation of 30 different ...
Análisis del posicionamiento del café en el municipio de Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
(2008)
The main objective of this investigation was to determine the consumer perception of the Mayagüez residents to the regular coffee against its gourmet counterpart. The sample size was 241 consumers. A questionnaire was ...
Zonificación agroecológica del café en Puerto Rico y análisis estructural y de composición de especies arbóreas presentes en el agroecosistema cafetero
(2007)
By combining zoning and agro-ecological management of coffee production, it is possible to reduce the impacts of agricultural practices on the environment. The objectives of this work were to identify agro-ecological zones ...
Evaluación de leguminosas arbóreas para sombrar de café en un ullwtisol enmendado con cal y nutrientes
(2009)
Coffee in Puerto Rico is cultivated mainly on Ultisols. These soils are caracterized as having low fertility, acidity, high clay content and highly erodability. To improve the fertility and reduce the erosion of these ...
Fijación biológica de nitrógeno y almacenamiento de carbon en agrosistemas de producción de carbono en agrosistemas de producción de café (Coffea arábica L.) en Puerto Rico
(2009)
Coffee agroforestry systems have been promoted because they have smaller environmental impact than sun grown coffee. The majority of shade grown coffee systems use leguminous trees capable of fixing N2 from the atmosphere, ...
Factores que inciden en el nivel de satisfaccion en el empleo de los trabajadores agricolas en fincas comerciales productoras de cafe en la municipalidad de Mayagüez
(2006)
This investigation focused on the factors that incur in job satisfaction levels for farm workers. A representative sample of 103 coffee farm workers in commercial coffee farms in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico was used base on the ...
Conversión de pulpa y mucílago del café en vermicomposta mediante el uso de la lombriz Eisenia foetida
(2008)
The objective of the investigation is to obtain information for the establishment of a vermicompost system for the coffee processing in Puerto Rico. A complete randomized block design was used with four treatments for a ...