Cuantificación de la huella hídrica del cultivo de arroz en dos zonas productoras de Perú. Arroz de riego en Perú competitivo e eficiente en el uso de agua mediante agricultura climáticamente inteligente

As the freshwater becomes a more essential and scarce resource, indicators have been arisen to measure water consumption. This has helped to warn about the use of this resource in different production sectors. Thus, several organizations have converged in a methodology for water footprint estimation. The water footprint is a sustainability indicator, which allows determining the agro-livestock impact on the environment. The impact assessment is carried out through the freshwater quantification used directly or indirectly in an agricultural production process. This study pretends to determine the water footprint for rice production in four different Peru's localities. The methodology was taken from the "The Water Footprint Assessment Manual", which sets the global standards for water consumption gauging. The study area is located in four Peruvian provinces, Utcumbamba, Chiclayo, Picota and Sullana. In all localities, two gauging stations were set up. These measured the total water used for rice irrigation during the whole crop cycle. At least one rice campaign was evaluated in each location. But, in places like Picota and Sullana suffered external inconveniences, which hampered the complete data capturing. For that reason, they only monitored the irrigation activities when the rice productive cycle was almost ending. Besides, weather and soil properties were also monitored. Weather data were taken through meteorological stations established in situ. The soil texture was measured at the field and then was used as input to obtain soil hydraulic characteristics. For this activity, the Soil Water Characteristics (SWC) software was implemented. From this initial phase, several findings were obtained, for example, in provinces such as Utcumbamba, it was able to assess the water consumption in irrigation that was 928.8 mm and 763.2 mm, for which almost 110 mm are irrigated before of planting. Likewise, farmers are used to employ high water quantities at the end of the cycle due to drought conditions. Finally, the project has just finished the gauging process, thus, it is expected that the water footprint can be assessed for these regions

Cadenas de valor con enfoque ambiental y cero deforestación en la Amazonía colombiana - Oportunidades y retos para el mejoramiento sostenible de la competitividad regional

La Amazonía colombiana se encuentra en un período clave que exige la evaluación y el fortalecimiento de su proceso de desarrollo. Las altas tasas de deforestación evidenciadas y los eventos que vienen desenvolviéndose a raíz del proceso de posconflicto han llevado al gobierno y a numerosas entidades de cooperación internacional a destinar importantes recursos para fortalecer la economía local y mejorar las condiciones sociales y ambientales del territorio. Bajo el liderazgo del Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible (MADS) y el Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural (MADR) de Colombia, se viene ejecutando la iniciativa Visión Amazonía (VA), que busca contribuir al objetivo de lograr una deforestación neta cero en la región para el año 2020 y aportar a las apuestas de desarrollo territorial sostenible. En este documento, presentamos los hallazgos, retos, lecciones y recomendaciones registrados y analizados por el equipo del Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) en su rol de socio implementador de Visión Amazonía y facilitador del desarrollo participativo de estrategias de fortalecimiento de cadenas de valor, con enfoque ambiental y cero deforestación, de cacao, caucho, ganadería doble propósito y productos no maderables del bosque (PNMB) en los departamentos de Caquetá y Guaviare

INDURAL: un aporte significativo a la producción más limpia y la construcción sostenible

By working for sustainable construction and cleaner production, Indural has modified its production process especially with the use of constructions and demolitions debris as raw materials. Reprocessing of debris represents 80% of the raw material for Indural´s products, which means a significant contribution in natural resources conservation. Besides, Indural has proposed clear strategies for cleaner production, thus making its environmental commitment evident all over its production chain.Apostando-lhe à construção sustentável e a produção mais limpa, Indural modificou seu processo produtivo principalmente no que tem que ver com o aproveitamento, como matéria prima, dos resíduos de construções e demolições. O reprocessamento dos resíduos de construções e demolições representa o 80% da matéria prima empregada em seus produtos, o que significa um aporte significativo na conservação dos recursos naturais. Além disto, Indural propôs estratégias claras de produção mais limpa o que evidência um compromisso ambiental em toda sua corrente de produção.Apostándole a la construcción sostenible y la producción más limpia, Indural ha modificado su proceso productivo principalmente en lo que tiene que ver con el aprovechamiento, como materia prima, de los residuos de construcciones y demoliciones. El reprocesamiento de los residuos de construcciones y demoliciones representa el 80% de la materia prima empleada en sus productos, lo que significa un aporte significativo en la conservación de los recursos naturales. Además de esto, Indural ha planteado estrategias claras de producción más limpia lo que evidencia un compromiso ambiental en toda su cadena de producción