Multi-purpose and agroforestry tree species research database requirement
Tree research in agroforestry cannot be separated from the other components of the systems. Existing agroforestry databases at CATIE are analyzed and evaluated: seven different databases exist, with little relation between each other, and little accumulative effect. On the other hand, the system is, in the short term, fairly efficient, because it allows for cheap input, analysis and output, and because the objectives of each project have been attained at low cost (as far as data management is concerned). The main justifications for large databases, or for standardized information systems between institutions, are either the possibitily to extrapolate information to new sites or the development and verification of simulation models. The requirements for future databases are indicated: minimal set of information, flexibility to adjust for nontraditional designs and changes in time, capacity to receive a broad range of information (from sub/component to systems levels) for a variety of species (trees, crops and animals) and for multiple products. In a first step, it is proposed to prepare standardized information systems for each of the main categories of agroforestry systems.
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Turrialba (Costa Rica)
1988
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| Subjects: | CIENCIA DE LA INFORMACION, AGROFORESTERIA, ARBOLES DE USO MULTIPLE, CATIE, PLANES DE DESARROLLO, PROYECTOS DE DESARROLLO, |
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