• Adequate vegetative cover decreases nitrous oxide emissions from cattle urine deposited in grazed pastures under rainy season conditions 

      Chirinda, Ngonidzashe; Loaiza, Sandra; Arenas, Laura; Ruiz, Veronica; Faverin, Claudia; Alvarez, Carolina; Savian, Jean Víctor; Belfon, Renaldo; Zuniga, Karen; Morales-Rincon, Luis Alberto; Trujillo, Catalina; Arango, Miguel; Rao, Idupulapati; Arango, Jacobo; Peters, Michael; Barahona, Rolando; Costa, Ciniro; Rosenstock, Todd; Richards, Meryl; Martinez Baron, Deissy; Cardenas, Laura (Nature Publishing, 2019-01-29)
      A decline in pasture productivity is often associated with a reduction in vegetative cover. We hypothesize that nitrogen (N) in urine deposited by grazing cattle on degraded pastures, with low vegetative cover, is highly ...
    • Sustainable and Low Greenhouse Gas Emitting Rice Production in Latin America and the Caribbean : A Review on the Transition from Ideality to Reality 

      Chirinda, Ngonidzashe; Arenas, Laura; Katto, María; Loaiza, Sandra; Correa, Fernando; Isthitani, Manabu; Loboguerrero, Ana María; Martínez-Barón, Deissy; Graterol, Eduardo; Jaramillo, Santiago; Torres, Carlos Felipe; Arango, Miguel; Guzmán, Myriam; Avila, Ivan; Hube, Sara; Kurtz, Ditmar Bernardo; Zorrilla, Gonzalo; Terra, Jose; Irisarri, Pilar; Tarlera, Silvana; LaHue, Gabriel; Scivittaro, Walkyria Bueno; Noguera, Aldo; Bayer, Cimelio (2018-03)
      The burgeoning demand for rice in Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) exceeds supply, resulting in a rice deficit. To overcome this challenge, rice production should be increased, albeit sustainably. However, since rice ...