Natural Resource Management

Comparative Economic and Gender, Labor Analysis of Conservation Agriculture Practices in Tribal Villages in India

Description: Marginal land use and subsequent natural resource degradation is a common issue among tribal villages in the Kendujhar district of India. In this study, Conservation […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): C. Lai; C. Chan; J. Halbrendt; L. Shariq; P. Roul; T. Idol; C. Ray; C. Evensen
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Comparative analysis of farmer and professional preferences towards conservation agriculture practices in Kendujhar, Odisha; an analytical hierarchy process study

Description: This study compares farmer and professional mental perceptions, in the village of Tentuli, India, of their preferences of specific conservation agricultural production systems and objectives […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): C. Lai; C. Chan-Halbrendt; J. Halbrendt; D. Naik; C. Ray
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

Conservation Agriculture in Southeast Asia and Beyond

Abstract: Conservation agriculture (CA) provides a tool with the potential for smallholder farmers to improve soil fertility and increase production. These proceedings, from the 2nd International […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): M.J. Mulvaney; M. R. Reyes; C. Chan-Halbrendt; S. Boulakia; K Jumpa; C. Sukvibool; S. Sombatpanit
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Conservation agriculture & soil health: The US perspective

Powerpoint presentation. Description: The purpose of this presentation was to give a history and current status of soil conservation and conservation agriculture. It discusses soil quality […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): T. Idol
  • Type of Document: Media

Conservation agriculture production systems (CAPS) in tribal societies of india

Powerpoint presentation. Description: Tribal farming systems in India and Nepal, which rely on traditional shifting cultivation, are unsustainable, resulting in the degeneration of natural resources and […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): P.K. Roul; P. Ray; T.R. Mohanty; K.N. Mishra; C. Chan-Halbrendt; T.W. Idol; A Pradham; C. Ray
  • Type of Document: Media

Impact of Maize-based conservation agriculture system on soil properties in North Central Plateau Zone of Odisha

Poster. ABSTRACT: The North Central Plateau zone of Odisha has an undulating topography and under high rainfall zone of the state. The soils of this area […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): B. Nabanita; R.K. Nayak; K.N. Mishra; P.K. Roul; S.N. Dash; M.M. Behera; C. Chan-Halbrendt; T.W. Idol
  • Type of Document: Media

Improving food security in Nepal: An economic analysis of conservation agriculture adoption in three subsistence farming villages

Poster. Description: International efforts to increase food security struggle with increasing populations and decreasing quantities of productive farmland, especially in developing countries. Conservation agriculture (CA) practices […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): B.F. Reed; C. Chan-Halbrendt; J. Halbrendt; T.J.K Radovich; S. Crow; P. Limbu
  • Type of Document: Media

Influence of maize-based conservation agricultural practices (CAPs) on productivity, profitability and soil fertility in rain-fed uplands of Odisha

Powerpoint presentation. ABSTRACT: A field experiment on “Influence of Maize-based conservation agricultural practices (CAPs) on productivity, profitability and soil fertility” conducted during the rainy and post […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): P.K. Roul; P. Ray; K.N. Mishra; S.N. Dash; E. Barik; C. Chan Halbrendt; T.W. Idol; A. Pradhan; C. Ray
  • Type of Document: Media

Influence of maize-based conservation agriculture production system (CAPS) on some basic soil indices in the hilly terrains of Odisha

Poster. ABSTRACT: The soils in the hilly terrains of North Central Plateau agro-climatic zones of Odisha are subjected to various kinds of soil degradation due loss […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): K.N. Mishra; P.K. Roul; S.N. Dash; A. Mohanty; C.Chan-Halbrendt; T. Idol; A. Pradhan; C. Ray
  • Type of Document: Media

Potential of conservation agriculture practices (CAPs) in enhancing food security of tribal people in central mid-hills of Nepal

Poster. Description: Traditional agriculture in central mid hills of Nepal is characterized by cultivation of steep sloping lands, resulting lower productivity, degradation of soil health and […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): B. Paudel; T.J.K. Radovich; J. Halbrendt; K. Thapa
  • Type of Document: Media