Objetivo For the people who live in Amazonia it is necessary to use the natural resources of that area but agricultural efforts have always suffered from inadequate knowledge of site properties and unappropriate management practices. The present proposal will provide original data to help to direct food production and silviculture to those areas where these activities are most productive and least destructive. The proposal forms a coherent network of interactions among fundamental research, applied research and local authorities. The priorities of the STD programme are met by giving the first estimation of the productivity and sustainability of alternative agro-silvicultural systems in different site types. The research plan contains several original approaches that combine geological and biological knowledge to gain new understanding of the ecological constrains of agricultural production. It helps to find realistic alternatives to migratory farming in Amazonia by 1) determining the geological background for the existence of sites with different production potentialities, 2) developing a model for the identification of edaphic differences utilizing ecological knowledge of indicator plant species and 3) promoting the development of appropriate farming systems for the different site types. The proposal is presented by researchers representing five institutions from four countries. The coordinator of this proposal has got the appropriate management experience and possess a productive career as a scientist specialized to ecological research in Amazonia. Also the other leading scientists have extensive field work experience in Amazonia. The proposal thus gains the special attraction of contemporary scientific expertise being engaged in development oriented research. Because also the national natural resource authorities participate, an effective distribution of the new information to those who are in charge of landuse planning is guaranteed. Ámbito científico agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestrysilviculturesocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivitynatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemsagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturesocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and management Programa(s) FP3-STD 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the life sciences and technologies for developing countries, 1990-1994 Tema(s) Data not available Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinador UNIVERSITY OF TURKU Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Luonnontieteiden Talo I 20014 TURKU / ABO Finlandia Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Participantes (4) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo INTERNATIONAL SOIL REFERENCE AND INFORMATION CENTRE Países Bajos Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Duivendaal 7-9 6700 AJ WAGENINGEN Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Jefatura - Instituto Nacional de Recursos Naturales Perú Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 355,Calle 17 4452 Lima Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Senkenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft Alemania Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Schleusenstraße 39 A 26382 Wilhelmshaven Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana Perú Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 385,Sargento Lores 496 Iquitos Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos