Fragile Lands of Latin America Strategies for ... - PART - USAID

Iquitos (Peru), 64, 65, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81,
93, 104, 108
market prices, 109- 110
Irrigaci6n Buena Vista y Illpa (Peru), 233
Irrigation, 2, 5, 21, 22, 23, 50, 210, 231,
252, 256
projects, 233, 241, 262
See also under Terrace farming
Jaguar Island. See Ilha das Onps
Jardim, Mirio Augusto G., 4
Jari project (Brazil), 2, 67, 75
Jenaro Herrera (Peru), 65
Jessenia bataua, 275
Jivaro Indians (Ecuador), 145
Ka'apor Indians (Brazil), 63, 63(table),
64(table)
Karst topography, 183
Katabaitic (downslope) air movements,
212
Kayap6 Indians (Brazil), 5, 6, 166
agriculture, 169-172, 173, 175
forest planting, 171
labor demands, 177
protein yields, 173, 174, 177
soil classification, 170
soil management, 170-171, 172, 173,
174(table), 176- 177
K6ppen system, 120, 183
Labor exchanges, 52, 242
Labor inputs. See under A~ai palm;
Agroforestry systems; Arroyo
agriculture; Huastec Maya; Raised
field farming; Ribererfos; Terrace
farming
Lago Agrio, 143, 146
Lago Umayo, 233
Lakes, 77, 91, 141
Land
maintenance, 32
productivity investments, 32
reform, 34, 198
slides, 1
tenure, 33-34, 75, 81, 215, 236, 255-
256
titles, 137, 153-154
use. See Resource management
strategies; Sustainable land
development
Land Grant College model (U.S.), 168
Laterite, 167(table)
Latex, 64, 66(table), 67-68, 70, 107, 122
tapping, 68
See also under Rubber
Index
Latin America, 1-2, 3, 17(fig.). See also
Fragile lands
Laurels, 276
Leaf rust fbngus, 71
Leche caspi, 107, 1 13(table)
Leguminosae, 2 74
Leonard, H.J., 30
Lima (Peru), 221, 222(table)
Linalol, 69
Litter fall, 78, 171
Livestock systems, 32, 34, 95, 96, 154,
167, 173-174, 175(table), 176-177,
189, 19 1 (tables), 196, 204-206(tables).
See also Cattle ranching
Llanos de Mojos (Bolivia), 244
Loam, 183, 216, 254
Loans, 192. See also Credit
Local organizations, 40, 131, 152, 153,
161, 235, 236, 242
Logging, 84, 96, 130, 135, 140, 147, 152
Lowlands, 13(table), 20(fig.), 21 (table)
Ludwig, Daniel, 2, 67
Lumber. See Timber
Madelefia project (Costa Rica), 282(table)
Magnesium, 167, 176(table), 177
Maguire, Andrew, 1
Mahogany, 67, 93, 133, 164- 165(table)
Maize, 81, 82, 83(table), 84, 85, 86(table),
87, 96, 131, 140, 142, 147, 156, 171,
184- 185, 196, 204-206(tables), 209,
214, 215, 217, 218(table), 223, 283-
284(table)
yields, 199, 222(table), 256
Majes irrigation project (Peru), 210
Malpighia. See Acerola
Mamey, 84, 113(table), 189
Manatees, 94, 141, 144
Manganese, 183
Mango, 189
Manicaria saccifera. See U bu~u
Manioc, 81, 82, 83(table), 84, 85,
86(table), 87, 88(table), 105, 131, 156,
171, 177
fire-resistant, 172
flour, 118
nitrogen requirement, 176
production, 90, 92, 105
second harvest, 90
Manure, 217. See also Green manure
Marabi (Brazil), 68
Marailon River, 80
Marantaceaes, 172
Marketing, 3, 28, 37, 47, 49, 52, 76, 82,
84, 87, 108, 110, 215, 224
costs, 64, 168
infrastructure, 199