Objective Establish a baseline of information in a user-friendly, central database for soil and water resources; biota diversity, and socioeconomic status as these factors relate to food security. Scientific [...]

Objective Increase production potential with reduced CH4 emissions. Why is this project relevant? Leucaena decreases CH4 production Leucaena’s mimosine causes toxicity Discover bacteria that degrades mimosine (Synergistes jonesii) Efficacy of [...]

Objective Identify influential factors and their relative importance on beef cattle production using modeling and simulation. Scientific Significance Sensitivity analysis prior to the initiation of field projects Broader Impacts [...]

Objective Improve the technology of cow/calf industry in the long term for the Yucatan Peninsula. Why is this project relevant? Productivity & profitability of cow/calf are low Increase resilience [...]

Objective -Describe patterns of vertebrate biodiversity in Yucatán and use this information to model present and future distributions of species and future changes in ecological communities. - Test genomic [...]

Objective Develop value-added food and industrial products from Yucatan crops based on shared values using sustainable technology Why is this project relevant? Promotes economic and technical development in Yucatan: [...]

Objective Carry out chemotaxonomic comparison of all 10 genotypes and conduct sensory analyses for each genotype based on market class. Why is this project relevant? Habanero pepper is a [...]

Objective Determine the degree of coupling between upland land-use decision making/practices and environmental quality of waters accessed at wells and cenotes (sink holes) in the “Chicken Pocks” region of [...]