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| Garibay, Salvador; Amador, Manuel; Castro, Jonathan; Kilcher, Lukas. |
| Coffee is Nicaragua’s main organic product. There are 13,100 hectares of certified coffee. This area represents 10 percent of the total coffee production of Nicaragua and is managed by approximately 3,500 small producers. 90 percent of the organic coffee is sold for the export market. In Nicaragua a legal framework for organic farming as well as regulations for the development of environmental services payments exist (forest conservation, water management, biodiversity conservation, carbon sequestration). There are also studies on carbon sequestration and carbon emissions in agriculture, forestry and industry. However, there are no investigations relating specifically to organic agriculture and climate change. 2. Background investigation Since 2004,... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Policy environments and social economy; Air and water emissions. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/13207/1/garibay%2Detal%2D2008%2Dclimate%2Dchange%2Ddeveloping%2Dcountries.pdf |
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