Browsing by Subject "Chile"
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(Elsevier, 2017)Offshore wind energy potential and its technical and economic feasibility were determined in Chile. Wind speed data from ERA-Interim reanalysis 10 m above the sea surface between 1979 and 2014 was used. The capacity factor ...
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(Universidad Federal de Santa María, Brasil, 2020)An adequate supply of fresh, high quality and accessible vegetables is essential for a healthy food system. In Latin America, these are mostly produced by smallholder farmers. The objective of this research was to characterize ...
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(EDP Sciences, 2015)Introduction. Texture parameters are important factors for characterizing the sensory quality of raw almonds; nevertheless there is scarce literature that explores sensory differences among cultivars. The aim of this ...
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(Univ. Granada, España, 2021)En la problemática de esta investigación consideramos tres contextos: la centralización de la planificación territorial en Chile, la tradición de la regulación de las áreas urbanas y el proceso de periurbanización en la ...
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(Univ Zaragoza Dev Cooperation Chair, 2021)El cooperativismo agrario es un fenómeno arraigado en América Latina, al tiempo que el desarrollo territorial está cada vez más presente en las políticas públicas y en las estrategias de las comunidades. El presente artículo ...
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(Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, 2017)This study sought to determine the relative importance of the country of origin in the selection of four foodstuffs (rice, sugar, chicken meat and oil); to identify consumer segments; and to evaluate which sociodemographic ...
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(MDPI, 2018-05)The evidence for global warming can be seen in various forms, such as glacier shrinkage, sea ice retreat, sea level rise and air temperature increases. The magnitude of these changes tends to be critical over pristine and ...
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(Universidad de Concepción, 2020)Forest and agricultural exports, particularly fruit exports, are one of the backbones of the Chilean economy. In general, the study of this type of exports has been approached from a local perspective, regardless of the ...
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(Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, España, 2022)Vegetable production is common in peri-urban agriculture where produce is sold in nearby towns, and the Santiago Metropolitan Region (SMR) in Chile is no exception. The objective of this article is to explore the productive, ...
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(Universidad de Zaragoza, España, 2020)Government purchases of food from family farmers aim to provide a new market for smallscale farming while promoting food security for vulnerable populations. In Latin America there are various examples of these initiatives ...
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(MDPI, 2017)Droughts are a recurrent and complex natural hazard whose frequency and magnitude are expected to increase with climate change. Despite the advances in responding and adapting to droughts (with the development of new ...
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(Elsevier, 2016)This paper presents the first estimate of offshore wind power potential for the central coast of Chile. For this purpose, wind speed data from in-situ stations and ERA-Interim reanalysis were used to simulate wind fields ...
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(Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, 2020)This study aimed to identify the attributes influencing the purchase decision process of the olive oil consumer belonging to "Millennials" in the Metropolitan Region, Chile. The method includes data collection from 408 ...
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Outcrossing potential between 11 important genetically modified crops and the Chilean vascular flora (Wiley & Sons, 2016)The potential impact of genetically modified (GM) crops on biodiversity is one of the main concerns in an environmental risk assessment (ERA). The likelihood of outcrossing and pollen-mediated gene flow from GM crops and ...
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(Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Facultad Ciencias Agrarías, 2016)This research aims to contribute to the understanding of the attitudes related to public support programs of micro and small farmers in the central zone of Chile. For this, it was conducted a survey of 126 entrepreneurs ...
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(MDPI, 2020)Farmers in the temperate zone of southern Chile have started to irrigate historically rainfed pastures during recent years to reduce dairy productivity losses against increasingly severe summer droughts. The lack of ...
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(Universidad de Concepción, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, 2015)Mediante un estudio detallado de las descripciones originales y de los ejemplares tipo, además del análisis de nuevos materiales recolectados, se establece que Aristolochia bridgesii y A. pearcei, entidades hasta ahora ...
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(Elsevier, 2020)Light fraction (LF) and permanganate-oxidizable C (PDXC) demonstrate high reliability as indicators for monitoring soil functioning in response to changes in soil organic carbon (SOC). However, mechanisms affecting the ...
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Who are the potential consumers of organic fruits and vegetables in Central Chile? A CHAID approach (Univ Nacional Cuyo, Fac Ciencias Agrarias, 2015)The demand for organic fruits and vegetables (F&V) is growing worldwide, creating market opportunities for developing countries as major suppliers. However, most export-oriented developing countries such as Chile have an ...
