𝔖 Bobbio Scriptorium
✦   LIBER   ✦

Silvopastoral systems in arid and semiarid zones of northern Chile

✍ Scribed by C. S. Ormazábal

Publisher
Springer
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
606 KB
Volume
14
Category
Article
ISSN
0167-4366

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

The main silvopastoral systems carried out in arid and semiarid zones of northern Chile are presented. Plantations with quefioa (Polylepis besseri) in the Precordillera (3,000--4,000 meters above sea level) and with 'quefioa de altura' (Polylepis tarapacana) in the High Plateau (over 4,000 m.a.s.1.), are described. For extremely arid zones (2 mm/yr), tamarngo (Prosopis tamarugo) and algarrobo (Prosopis chilensis) plantations in Pampa del Tamarugal are reviewed. In this zone 20,483 ha have been planted, 88% with P. tamarugo. These

📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES

Assessment of wheat and maize water prod
Assessment of wheat and maize water productivities and production function for cropping system decisions in arid and semiarid regions
✍ Hossein Dehghanisanij; Mohammad M. Nakhjavani; Adel Zeggaf Tahiri; Hisao Anyoji 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 180 KB

## Abstract The great challenge of the agricultural sector in countries located in arid and semiarid regions faced with severe water scarcity is to produce more food from less water. This may be achieved by increasing the crop water productivity (WP). Based on experiments conducted in different reg