Arlene López-Sampson
Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza
4 Papers
4 Citations
Arlene López-Sampson is an academic researcher from Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza. The author has contributed to research in topics: Deforestation & Reforestation. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 4 publications.
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Sentinel Landscape stocktaking pilot study: Report Nicaragua-Honduras
Norvin Sepúlveda,Tor-G. Vågen,Leigh A. Winowiecki,Jenny C. Ordoñez,Brian Chiputwa,Parmutia Makui,Eduardo Somarriba,Arlene López-Sampson +7 more
- 01 Jan 2019
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present and summarize the results of the research and baseline studies carried out in the Nicaragua-Honduras sentinel landscape that can be indicative of the humid forest ecological zone.
Rehabilitation and renovation of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) agroforestry systems. A review
Eduardo Somarriba,Felipe Peguero,Rolando Cerda,Luis Orozco-Aguilar,Arlene López-Sampson,Mariela E. Leandro-Muñoz,Patrick Jagoret,Fergus Sinclair +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the diversity of contexts, driving forces, stakeholders and recommended management practices involved in Rh/Re initiatives in key cocoa-producing countries, summarise the often conflicting views of farmers and extension agents on rh/Re programs, and explore the evidence of age-related changes in planting density and yield of cocoa, given the weight of these variables in rh/re decision processes.
Elucidating Pathways and Discourses Linking Cocoa Cultivation to Deforestation, Reforestation, and Tree Cover Change in Nicaragua and Peru
Luis Orozco-Aguilar,Arlene López-Sampson,Mariela E. Leandro-Muñoz,Valentina Robiglio,Martin Reyes,Mélanie Bordeaux,Norvin Sepúlveda,Eduardo Somarriba +7 more
- 17 Jun 2021
TL;DR: In this paper, the main pathways and contexts behind cocoa cultivation in two sites with different histories of cocoa cultivation were documented, and they combined official statistics, land use trajectory, satellite imagery, and the Q-analysis to explore the discourses of country experts in Nicaragua and Peru.
Long-term effects of shade and input levels on coffee yields in the Pacific region of Nicaragua
Arlene López-Sampson,Norvin Sepúlveda,Mirna Barrios,Eduardo Somarriba,Rodolfo Munguía,Pedro Moraga,Alejandro Ponce,Luis Orozco-Aguilar,Elvin Navarrete,Ledis Navarrete +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared coffee cherry yields over a ten-year period from shaded coffee (N-fixing-trees and timber trees) agroforestry systems under different management regimes (conventional vs. organic) in a suboptimal site.