• In Central America, the United Fruit Company (UFC), an American multinational, owned much of the land and railroads. (aljazeera.com)
  • This outstanding fruit is native to Central America, Mexico, and Bolivia. (lacademie.com)
  • The genus Hyphessobrycon Durbin includes more than 100 valid species, occurring from Mexico and Central America to the Mar Chiquita Lagoon in Buenos Aires, Argentina and reaching its highest richness in the Amazon basin (Lima et al . (scielo.br)
  • The spread of chili peppers and chili-based dishes throughout Mexico and Central America can be attributed to several factors. (historycooperative.org)
  • The diverse climates and agricultural practices of Mexico and Central America allowed for the cultivation of different varieties of chili peppers, each with its own unique flavor and heat profile. (historycooperative.org)
  • The popularity of chili-based dishes in Mexico and Central America gave rise to regional variations and culinary traditions. (historycooperative.org)
  • Indeed, what was already happening in Mexico and Central America also started happening in the US. (historycooperative.org)
  • Although tungiasis was recognized and documented by Spanish chroniclers shortly after the arrival of Columbus in Central America in 1492 ( 11 ), the South American ancestors of the Incas distinguished this affliction from others and depicted it on clay jars, pottery, and ceramics, called huacos in Peru ( 12 - 14 ). (cdc.gov)
  • In the 16th century, Spanish colonisers from Europe arrived in the Andes, eventually subjugating the indigenous kingdoms and incorporating the Andean region into the Spanish Empire. (wikipedia.org)
  • This is the Andes' widest point and, from following a diagonal from northwest to southeast, the mountains veer sharply due south. (grahamhancock.com)
  • She has primarily completed research in the Andes of South America, but has also worked in Mexico, Turkey and Italy. (berkeley.edu)
  • The capital of Colombia, Bogotá, lies at an elevation of 2,640 meters in an Andes Mountain valley and is one of South America's biggest cities, with a population of over seven million people. (min-on.org)
  • Offering a selection of four itineraries, the luxurious train traverses the incredible scenery of the Peruvian Andes, on the western side of the South American country. (elegantresorts.co.uk)
  • Voces de los Andes celebrates the rich musical tradition of Bolivia and the Andean region of South America. (providencedailydose.com)
  • For those who seek comfort and convenience, now, it is possible to make a spectacular journey through the mountainous landscapes of the Andes in South America, visiting locations full of history while enjoying the comforts of traveling in a luxury train. (iletours.com)
  • The first luxury train in South America, which combines authentic day breaks with rest on board during the night, crossing the Peruvian Andes. (iletours.com)
  • The Andean is a common horse breed from Peru, hailing from the rugged landscape of the Andes Mountains. (petmd.com)
  • Originating in the mountainous regions of Peru-specifically the Andes mountains-the Andean horse breed developed into an excellent pack and riding horse, capable of riding at altitudes over 9,000 feet above sea level. (petmd.com)
  • The Chestnut-Breasted Mountain Finch is endemic to the high-altitude regions of the Andes mountain range in South America. (articleinsider.com)
  • Gulumapu ), is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. (primidi.com)
  • A republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast. (primidi.com)
  • The Andean region was subsequently divided into a number of new states, Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Ecuador. (wikipedia.org)
  • Ochoa, C.M. (1990) The potatoes of South America: Bolivia. (scirp.org)
  • With its new law, Bolivia became the third Latin American country to have specific legislation on school meals, after Brazil and Paraguay, according to FAO, which reports that other countries moving in that direction are Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua. (ipsnews.net)
  • In press Formative exchange in the Andean Titicaca Basin: Isotopic camelid data and lithic sourcing evidence from the Taraco Peninsula, Bolivia, Ñawpa Pacha , (Christine A Hastorf, Katherine M Moore, Irene E Smail, Rachael Penfil, P. Ryan Williams, Danielle J Riebe, and Kelly J Knudson). (berkeley.edu)
  • It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. (primidi.com)
  • The so-called Lithium Triangle, located in the Andean highlands and comprising Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile, covers 52 percent of the world's lithium reserves, which has aroused the interest of the world's main economic players and has spurred a race to acquire this metal in South America. (republicofmining.com)
  • In this recent article, you have been aiming to identify and compare natural resources policies and fiscal policies of Andean countries (Bolivia, Chile, Peru) and Nordic countries (Norway, Sweden). (lu.se)
  • Today, the two Nordic countries have become paragons of social welfare and development, while Bolivia, has been left behind, even in comparison with some of its Latin American neighbours. (lu.se)
  • These roomy cabins are the largest accommodation available on board the Belmond Andean Explorer. (elegantresorts.co.uk)
  • These roomy cabins are amongst the largest accommodation available on board the Belmond Andean Explorer and are exactly the same size as a Deluxe Double Bed Cabin, but with a slightly smaller en suite bathroom and larger lounge area. (elegantresorts.co.uk)
  • Goland,C. Cultivating Diversity: Field Scattering as Agricultural Risk Management in Cuyo Cuyo, Dept. of Puno, Peru (Working Paper No. 4, Research Project on Production, Storage and Exchange in a Terraced Environment on the Eastern Andean Escarpment, Department of Anthropology, Univ. (nature.com)
  • This fruit is famous in Brazil, Peru, and other South American countries. (lacademie.com)
  • Many legends concerning the feats of Viracocha speak of his undertaking a journey, from the city of Tiwanaku towards the Northwest, eventually to leave the shores of South America's Pacific coast around the present day border between Peru and Ecuador. (grahamhancock.com)
  • I am involved in studying highland Andean societies, first with the later prehistory and the Inka periods' social and political world, with a research focus in the Upper Mantaro Valley, central Peru. (berkeley.edu)
  • Andean Explorer, A Belmond Train, Peru has the distinction of being South America's first luxury sleeper train, allowing guests wishing to explore the incredible Peruvian landscapes a more immersive adventure, covering more remote terrain in luxury and style, including along one of the world's loftiest train routes. (elegantresorts.co.uk)
  • Two patents granted in the United States between 2000 and 2002 and another for which an application has been filed have put "maca", a high altitude Andean plant that is used by indigenous people in Peru, at the centre of a new battle against biopiracy, which involves the construction of an international network against the misappropriation of traditional knowledge. (corpwatch.org)
  • Peru in the western and central part of South America, with its multiple geographical conditions in its three large regions -coast, andean and jungle-, has an architecture that is particularly committed to its landscape. (archdaily.com)
  • This fragment is the fourth representation of tungiasis in pre-Hispanic America identified and provides explicit evidence of disease endemicity in ancient Peru. (cdc.gov)
  • In later periods, much of the Andean region was conquered by the indigenous Incas, who in 1438 founded the largest empire that the Americas had ever seen, named Tahuantinsuyu, but usually called Inca Empire. (wikipedia.org)
  • Aguaymanto has existed in South America since the Inca Empire. (lacademie.com)
  • 1 (See Box 1 for an overview of the variety of R&T.) Around 250 million mt of R&T were eaten in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and nearly 100 million mt, almost all of it potatoes, in developed countries. (nzdl.org)
  • The disease has recently attracted attention because of high rates of infection for impoverished communities in South America and sub-Saharan Africa and because of new cases reported worldwide as exotic infections among travelers returning to North America and Europe from disease-endemic areas ( 1 , 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Large non-Nordic collections can be found from, for example, the Mediterranean area, South Africa, Western Australia and parts of South America. (lu.se)
  • Africa, the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean, Europe the Western Pacific, and South-East Asia ( http://www.who.int/about/regions/en/index.html ) WHO has a country office in almost all of its Member States, headed by a WHO Representative. (cdc.gov)
  • After the first humans - who were then arranged into hunter-gatherer tribal groups - arrived in South America via the Isthmus of Panama, they spread out across the continent, with the earliest evidence for settlement in the Andean region dating to circa 15,000 BCE, in what archaeologists call the Lithic Period. (wikipedia.org)
  • From there, vanguards of human groups headed south, colonising the rest of the continent before reaching the Isthmus of Panama and crossing into the continent of South America. (wikipedia.org)
  • The first pioneers in South America, migrating down south from the Isthmus of Panama, would likely have avoided the largely mountainous Andean region, because the upper Cordillera was glaciated, cold and sparsely vegetated, making life there difficult, whilst these early populations would have suffered from hypoxia. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the northwest, the Isthmus of Panama joins South America with North America . (mapsofworld.com)
  • Migrations from North America to South America occurred using the Isthmus of Panama. (mapsofworld.com)
  • Hyphessobrycon nicolasi is described from the Uruguay River basin in the Mesopotamian Region, Entre Ríos, Argentina. (scielo.br)
  • Here we report on the discovery of a Late Cretaceous monotreme from southern Argentina, demonstrating that monotremes were present in circumpolar regions by the end of the Mesozoic, and that their distinctive anatomical features were probably present in these ancient forms as well. (researchgate.net)
  • Lake Titicaca - the highest commercially navigable lake in the world is located in South America. (mapsofworld.com)
  • I am also very interested in the origins of the state in the Lake Titicaca region in South American Andean populations. (unc.edu)
  • Their songs are a series of clear, flute-like notes that can be heard echoing through the mountainous regions they inhabit. (articleinsider.com)
  • So far in 2023, the Asian country has closed ambitious agreements to invest in the Andean region's salt flats. (republicofmining.com)
  • Originating in the Andean region of South America, quinoa was reportedly dubbed the "mother of all grains" by the Incas. (nutritionaloutlook.com)
  • The last group I had been reading about were the Incas of the Andean region of South America, hence my somewhat odd ball question. (rationalresponders.com)
  • It was composed of the 2 centers of the New World, Mesoamerica (Aztecs and Mayas) in the north and the Andean Area (Incas) in the south. (cdc.gov)
  • We describe 7 cases of melioidosis in the Caribbean coast region of Colombia among patients who sought emergency services or were referred to 3 hospitals in the city of Valledupar ( Figure ). (cdc.gov)
  • Colombia is the fourth largest country in South America. (dole.com)
  • Colombia is located in northern South America. (min-on.org)
  • The initiative, which is to be extended beyond South America's Andean and Amazon regions, so far includes partner institutions in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. (corpwatch.org)
  • Aguardiente originated in South America, primarily in the Andean region of Colombia. (instacart.com)
  • Decreto Número 1953 de 2014, Por el cual se crea un régimen especial con el fin de poner en funcionamiento los Territorios Indígenas respecto de la administración de los sistemas propios de los pueblos indígenas hasta que el Congreso expida la ley de que trata el artículo 329 de la Constitución Política de Colombia. (bvsalud.org)
  • By the end of the 1950s, according to the Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre, life expectancy in the region was 47 years. (aljazeera.com)
  • Mural and bracelet making with Elva Navarro and Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studie s (CLACS) at NYU. (queensmuseum.org)
  • Through a wide range of programs and events, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) serves as a point of connection for scholars, students and members of the public who share an interest in Quechua languages and cultures. (queensmuseum.org)
  • The historic city center features Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino, famous as the final home of Simón Bolívar, leader of the Latin American independence movement. (min-on.org)
  • In addition, Brazil has acquired a leading position in the Latin American region. (bvsalud.org)
  • Thus, it was concluded that the national mean IQ is not a good indicator of the potential for Brazilian intellectual and economic leadership in the Latin American region. (bvsalud.org)
  • The HRH Observatory is a cooperative initiative among countries of the Latin American Region and the Caribbean. (who.int)
  • They analysed the divergent paths of some Latin-American countries and Scandinavia. (lu.se)
  • They paint a description of the path of the countries and why some Latin-American countries were left behind in comparison to the Nordic ones," says Cristián Ducoing. (lu.se)
  • In the 19th century, a rising tide of anti-imperialist nationalism that was sweeping all of South America led rebel armies to overthrow Spanish rule. (wikipedia.org)
  • Ancient parasites of the genus Tunga originated in America and, during the first half of the 19th century, were transported to the Eastern Hemisphere on transatlantic voyages. (cdc.gov)
  • Although there had been four biologically distinct genetic human populations in North America, as has been identified by DNA analysis, only one of these populations, that known as the Paleo-Indians, pushed as far south as Mesoamerica and South America, meaning that the indigenous inhabitants of that latter continent were genetically homogenous. (wikipedia.org)
  • It was from the Bering land bridge between Siberia in Northeast Asia and Alaska in north-western North America that humans first crossed into the Americas. (wikipedia.org)
  • Recently, an increase in cases outside the Asia-Pacific region, including the Americas, has been reported. (cdc.gov)
  • Before the Spanish Conquest, nuclear America was a geopolitical area where the main indigenous populations and cultures were located and where cultural development took place more rapidly than anywhere else in the Americas. (cdc.gov)
  • Foundation, an organization whose mission is to America reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke in the Americas. (who.int)
  • Comparative analysis of indigenous religious beliefs across South America have led academics to suspect that the first Paleo-Indian colonists of the continent would have believed in a multi-layered universe in which the Earth was suspended between a celestial outer sphere and a cavernous inner sphere. (wikipedia.org)
  • There would have been strong taboos against incest, something that would have prevented inbreeding (a particular problem amongst the genetic homogeneity of the Indigenous South Americans), and instead marriage was controlled by social conventions, such as the development of moiety systems of societal duality. (wikipedia.org)
  • Gradually, generation by generation, as the population grew, these Indigenous Americans spread out throughout the continent, with some groups eventually reaching the Andean region. (wikipedia.org)
  • Native speakers from the NYC metropolitan area as well as from the Andean region of South America regularly collaborate with the NYU community to support the diffusion, exploration and celebration of these indigenous languages. (queensmuseum.org)
  • Quinoa has been cultivated for about 5000 years and is indigenous to the Andean region of South America. (irishseedsavers.ie)
  • With a history that spans over a thousand years, South America has been culturally influenced by Spanish, Portuguese, Asian, and African cultures. (mapsofworld.com)
  • There are pre-Inca ruins, enormous salt flats at Salinas Grandes, and Andean cultures aplenty to see. (andeantrails.co.uk)
  • Quipu are recording devices fashioned from strings historically used by a number of cultures in the region of Andean South America. (ntnu.no)
  • The high-protein amaranth and quinoa grains formed the foundation of the diet of the pre-Columbian cultures of South America's Andean region. (ipsnews.net)
  • South of the 18° latitude the chemical composition of the high plateau, or altiplano separating the parallel chains of mountains, is extremely salty. (grahamhancock.com)
  • They are the lingering and still evaporating vestiges of the vast Lake Tauca that had once covered the entire length of the Andean plateau at the end of the last Ice Age. (grahamhancock.com)
  • The terrain ranges from low-lying coastal regions to the Andean plateau at 18700 Feet or 5700m and tropical rainforest. (dole.com)
  • This variety named after the city of Temuco in the Araucanía Region of southern Chile is a surprisingly easy and trouble-free crop. (irishseedsavers.ie)
  • Within archaeology, I have focused primarily on the Andean region of South America. (berkeley.edu)
  • Within these regions, the species primarily inhabits montane forests, cloud forests, and shrubby grasslands situated between elevations of 2,000 to 4,500 meters above sea level. (articleinsider.com)
  • South America is the world's fourth largest, and the fifth most populous continent. (mapsofworld.com)
  • The map of South America depicts the various nations that comprise the continent. (mapsofworld.com)
  • The South Pacific Ocean borders the continent in the west. (mapsofworld.com)
  • Occurrence of basal monotremes in the Early Cretaceous of Australia has led to the consensus that this clade originated on that continent, arriving later to South America. (researchgate.net)
  • Antarctica became isolated with the opening of the Drake Passage between the continent and South America sometime between 49 million and 17 million years ago, a time when land mammals diversified and flourished elsewhere, populating all the other continents of the world. (britannica.com)
  • The Caribbean Sea and North America are located to its northwest. (mapsofworld.com)
  • South America is bound by the Caribbean Sea in the north, the North Atlantic Ocean in the east and northeast and by the South Atlantic Ocean in the southeast. (mapsofworld.com)
  • My research interests include the prehistory of the eastern United States and Andean South America, the origins and health consequences of social and economic transitions (agriculture, state, European contact), and skeletal biology as a means of interpreting the nutritional and health status of past populations. (unc.edu)
  • The earliest period in which humans inhabited the Andean region was the Lithic period, sometimes alternately called the Early Archaic period. (wikipedia.org)
  • This in turn led to the rise of a number of anti-imperialist and socialist movements to oppose U.S. and multinational involvement in Andean South America. (wikipedia.org)
  • Experience the wonders of Ecuador on board Tren Crucero, recognized as the Leading Luxury Train in South America in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. (iletours.com)
  • South America's great continental cone that tapers southwards towards Antarctica. (grahamhancock.com)
  • Similarities between ancient mobile belts now suggest to some geologists that Antarctica may even have been connected to southwestern North America more than 600 million years ago, in late Precambrian time. (britannica.com)
  • Each Andean Explorer cabin features an en suite bathroom with a shower, WC and wash basin. (elegantresorts.co.uk)
  • South America is home to twelve countries, each offering its own distinctive culture, landscapes, and history. (mapsofworld.com)
  • South America sustains a stunning variety of landscapes from desert to rainforest, and from plains to hills. (mapsofworld.com)
  • Self-drive holidays across South America and Namibia offer freedom and flexibility along with rewarding landscapes and unbeatable wildlife. (andeantrails.co.uk)
  • American Antiquity 65:355-363, 2000 (with George R. Milner, Clark Spencer Larsen, Matthew A. Williamson, and Dorothy A. Humpf). (unc.edu)
  • We are leaders in producing school meals with Andean foods like amaranth, fava bean flour and quinoa," the city government's director of education Jorge Gómez told IPS with evident enthusiasm, in the austere office where he coordinates the meal plan for public school students between the ages of five and 15. (ipsnews.net)
  • Rabbi Menachem Genack, CEO of OU Kosher, announced today that quinoa, the grain-like seed grown in South America, is Kosher for Passover when processed with special OU Passover supervision and bearing the OU-P symbol. (oukosher.org)
  • It is only recently that quinoa has become popular outside of its high-altitude growing area in the Andean mountain region of South America. (oukosher.org)
  • American Antiquity 63:397-416 (with Clark Spencer Larsen, Margaret J. Schoeninger, and Lynette Norr). (unc.edu)
  • To evaluate the antiquity of tungiasis in America, we assessed several kinds of early documentation, including written evidence and pre-Incan earthenware reproductions. (cdc.gov)
  • I worked on St. Catherines Island at the Spanish mission site of Santa Catalina de Guale, Georgia, with the American Museum of Natural History, the subject of my M.A. thesis (1987, Northern Illinois University), and at Tatham Mound, an early contact mortuary locality in central peninsular Florida with the Florida Museum of Natural History, the subject of my Ph.D. dissertation (1991, University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana). (unc.edu)
  • Also, whereas after 1500 power was concentrated in Europe, which was beginning to explore and exploit other regions, in 1000 there were multiple power centres around the planet. (historyextra.com)
  • The Inca governed their empire from the capital city of Cuzco, administering it along traditional Andean lines. (wikipedia.org)
  • He spent three weeks in the South American country. (aljazeera.com)
  • Learn fascinating facts about the country, the people, the climate and the region where our farms are located. (dole.com)
  • In fact, the Andean can carry a 200-pound pack up steep slopes to 16,000 feet above sea level without becoming overly tired. (petmd.com)
  • 2. Quechuan languages (spoken in the Andean region) make a three-way distinction of first-hand, inferred, and reported information. (lu.se)
  • Salomon,F. & Urioste,G. L. The Huarochiri Manuscript: A Testament of Ancient and Colonial Andean Religion (Univ. (nature.com)
  • Most of the Antarctic geologic record lies hidden beneath the vast regions of snow and ice that make up more than 95 percent of the continent's surface terrain. (britannica.com)
  • The chili dish can be traced back to the regions of Mexico and the American Southwest. (historycooperative.org)
  • Figure 1: Correlations with central Andean high cloud in late June. (nature.com)
  • It is almost as if whoever first conceived of the alignment had wanted to emphasise the 45° NW orientation of the stupendous panorama of summits and high plateaux that lie to the north of the Andean 18th parallel. (grahamhancock.com)
  • These ivory figurines may be high-status versions of the miniature clay examples that have been found in burial contexts throughout the Andean region of South America. (brooklynmuseum.org)
  • Due to its place of origin, the Andean has the ability to survive even in cold temperatures and high altitudes. (petmd.com)
  • would be an excellent tool to help countries in the American region to fulfill their commitments to the WHO FCTC and would meet the needs of tobacco control advocates in Latin America who require high quality training in their own language. (who.int)
  • South America map with flags of all the 12 independent countries and 2 dependencies. (mapsofworld.com)
  • A FAO study carried out in eight countries of the region found that school meal programmes reduce dropout rates and improve learning, and that their success is based on the fact that they involve the public authorities, the educational community, families, organised civil society, and international institutions. (ipsnews.net)
  • Peruvian activists are now encouraging the replication of their experience, through the creation of similar movements in other countries, by means of the Andean-Amazon Initiative for the Prevention of Biopiracy. (corpwatch.org)
  • The directory is meant to be a tool for all institutes, professionals, students, communities and other organizations interested in the process of educating health professionals in the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region. (who.int)
  • Nordic and Andean countries started their economic modernisation in the same way: with export of raw natural resources. (lu.se)
  • This colonisation and habitation of the region has been affected by its unique geography and climate, leading to the development of unique cultural and socn. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Andean, with its strength, great stamina, and well-developed sense of balance and agility, is capable of climbing up mountains at medium speeds with ease. (petmd.com)
  • Like most pack horses, the Andean carries heavy loads up mountains without complaint. (petmd.com)
  • In Native American folklore , animals are thought to have spiritual abilities and connect humans with the divine. (mfea.com)
  • Join us for Spanish Conversation - Participe en el grupo de conversación en español. (hplibrary.org)
  • Just like the South American Criollos, the Peruvian Criollo or the Andean exhibits the Barb and Andalusian influence on account of the Spanish expeditions and colonization efforts in the region. (petmd.com)
  • Although they were first documented by Spanish chroniclers after the arrival of Columbus, little is known about their presence in pre-Hispanic America. (cdc.gov)
  • The seasonally lack of rain makes this area a transition region between organic and conventional farming. (dole.com)
  • Each features a double bed, seating area furnished with two armchairs and a table, plus a spacious en suite bathroom. (elegantresorts.co.uk)
  • The mathematician found that the alignment had a precise orientation of exactly 45° west from True North, following the twin parallel lines of the Andean peaks that lie to the north of the 18th parallel. (grahamhancock.com)
  • PACCAR's results reflect the benefits of increased truck sales in North America and growth in financial services assets and aftermarket revenues worldwide. (paccar.com)
  • Our customers in North America are benefiting from increased freight tonnage and higher fleet utilization rates which are driving the replacement of their aging on-highway fleets. (paccar.com)
  • These new product investments will build on PACCAR's record 28.1 percent share of the Class 8 North American truck market achieved in 2011 and contribute to the company's long-term growth. (paccar.com)
  • In the late 10th century, Vikings crossed the north Atlantic from Scandinavia, sailing to Iceland, on to Greenland and then to North America - to the island that is now Newfoundland, and possibly to what today is Quebec province in Canada and the state of Maine in the US. (historyextra.com)
  • The history of human habitation in the Andean region of South America stretches from circa 15,000 BCE to the present day. (wikipedia.org)
  • South America has a long history, dating back to the first human settlements across the Bering Land Bridge, about 15,000 years ago. (mapsofworld.com)
  • The typical colors for the Andean are chestnut and bay, but it can be found in a variety of solid colors. (petmd.com)
  • LA PAZ, Mar 7 2015 (IPS) - A successful school meals programme that serves breakfast and lunch with Andean flavours to 140,000 students in La Paz gave rise to a new law aimed at promoting healthy diets based on local traditions and products in Bolivia's schools, while combating malnutrition and bolstering food sovereignty. (ipsnews.net)
  • There are three main types of Andean horses: the Peruvian Criollo, the Andino and the Morochuco. (petmd.com)
  • Health: From Theory to American region. (who.int)
  • The African health workforce Observatory promotes, develops and sustains the knowledge base for human resources for health (HRH) in the African region. (who.int)
  • The Andean Observatory of human resources for health allows consultation, exchange and joint learning in order to facilitate the development for human resources for health in the Andean Subregion. (who.int)
  • Farmers in drought-prone regions of Andean South America have historically made observations of changes in the apparent brightness of stars in the Pleiades around the time of the southern winter solstice in order to forecast interannual variations in summer rainfall and in autumn harvests. (nature.com)
  • The legendary city of El Dorado in South America is said to be made of gold. (mfea.com)
  • Legends tell of a city made entirely of gold, hidden deep within the jungles of South America. (mfea.com)
  • If people ventured into new places, they made sure to take the peppers from that particular region and bring them home. (historycooperative.org)
  • The pioneering collections made by Ludwig Preiss in Western Australia and Karl Theodor Hartweg in South America are invaluable mainly because of their age and because they represent the oldest collections ever preserved from these areas. (lu.se)
  • Here we use data on cloud cover and water vapour from satellite imagery, agronomic data from the Andean altiplano and an index of El Niño variability to analyse this forecasting method. (nature.com)