Julia Loján

Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja | UTPL

Background The Indigenous Kichwa Saraguro people of southern Ecuador have long relied on traditional burning to manage their environment. However, their traditional use of fire in one of the most important ecosystems in southern Ecuador, the herbaceous paramo, is not well known. This lack of knowledge does not allow for the improvement of local reg...

Climate change will have far-reaching impacts on food systems, which require strengthening social, economic, and political structures that allow farmers to offer their produce and consumers to have access to the food they eat. This research focuses on food access and stability. Specifically, through the analysis of a system of urban markets and fre...

Forest fires have become a habitual threat in all types of ecosystems, which is the reason why it is necessary to improve management of the territories and optimization of prevention and means of extinction. This study compares three machine learning techniques: logistic regression, logistic decision tree, and multivariate adaptive regression splin...

El presente reporte técnico es un trabajo exhaustivo que revela la dinámica de los mercados y ferias libres y su rol en el aprovisionamiento de alimentos, así como su contribución a las economías populares solidarias. La publicación llega gracias al apoyo de la Cátedra UNESCO para el Desarrollo Sostenible, UTPL. https://www.catedraunescods.org/inve...