Dissertation Research: Dynamics of Agricultural Intensification in the Buffer Zone of the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Peten, Guatemala

弗罗里达大学的Avrum J.Shriar大学的博士论文研究将考察影响集约农业采用的主要社会经济和农学条件。该项目将设在危地马拉北电的玛雅生物圈保护区的缓冲区内。这项研究将比较三个研究区域内和三个研究区域之间的农场/家庭，并将确定在两个规模上表现出来的对集约化的影响：地方和区域。此外，研究还将调查当地农民的知识和实验情况，以发现在生计过程中可能可行的替代策略。将进行非正式面谈，并将制定强化措施。这项工作将收集有关技术采用、土地利用变化和土地退化的信息，为理论辩论提供依据。

Avrum J. Shriar University of Florida The doctoral dissertation research will examine the principal socio-economic and agronomic conditions that shape the adoption of intensive agriculture. The project will be sited in the buffer zone of the Maya Biosphere Reserve in Peten, Guatemala. The study will compare farms/households within and between three study areas and will identify influences on intensification that manifest themselves at two scales: the local and regional. In addition, the study will investigate local farmers' knowledge and experimentation in order to discover alternative strategies that may be feasible in the livelihood process. Informal interviews will be obtained and intensification measures will be developed. The work will gather information on technology adoption, land use change and land degradation that will inform theoretical debates.