Natural Resource Management

Sustainable Management of Agro-ecological Resources for Tribal Societies (SMARTS): Conservation agriculture-based participatory research in Kendujhar, Orissa

Powerpoint presentation. Description: This presentation highlighted the SMARTS project work in Kendujhar, Orissa, India, and discussed each CAPS treatment as well as the participatory research conducted […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT)
  • Type of Document: Media

Tribal farmer preferences for conservation agriculture production systems: An application of Analytic Hierarchy Process

Poster. Description: In winter of 2012, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was conducted in three Nepali villages in or near the Trisuli River valley and at two […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): B.F. Reed
  • Type of Document: Media

Using competition ratios and total revenue parameters to assess millet and legume intercropping under conservation agriculture production systems in Nepal

Powerpoint presentation. ABSTRACT: Intercropping ratios such as land equivalency ratio (LER), competition ratio (CR), monetary advantage index (MAI) and total revenue from millet+legume intercrop under different […]

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

Using fuzzy cognitive mapping to understand farmers’ perception of sustainable agricultural practices for enhanced food security in Nepal

Poster. Description: With the world population having reached unprecedented levels, the need for improved food security and sustainable agricultural practices has become all the more pressing. […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): J. Halbrendt; S. Gray; S. Crow; L. Shariq; B.B. Tamang
  • Type of Document: Media

Water stable aggregate field toolkit

This video shows how, using a field kit developed by the University of Hawaii Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, water stable aggregates can be […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): S. Crow; M. Panzella
  • Type of Document: Media

Analysis of TDR-measured soil moisture retention and soil organic matter variability under conservation agriculture production systems in Claveria, Misamis Oriental

Powerpoint presentation. Description: By utilizing the principles of minimum soil disturbance, continuous mulch cover and Diverse species rotations; conservation aims to revitalize soil properties sustainably. Conservation […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): V.B. Ella; M.R. Reyes; A. Mercado, Jr
  • Type of Document: Media

Material substrates for vermiculture

Poster. Description: Organic agriculture is strongly promoted under the Organic Agriculture Act of 2010. It includes all agricultural systems that promote the ecologically sound, socially acceptable, […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): A.R. Mercado Jr.; C. Dorahy
  • Type of Document: Media

A mixed methods approach to studying gender and conservation agriculture in the Philippines

Powerpoint presentation. Description: This is a presentation of fieldwork methodologies conducted in a smallholder farming community in the Philippines. It reviews the mixed method approach including […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): M. Harman; M.E. Christie; I. Bagares
  • Type of Document: Media

Conservation Agriculture and Sustainable Upland Livelihoods. Innovations for, with and by Farmers to Adapt to Local and Global Changes – Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Conservation Agriculture in Southeast Asia

Conservation agriculture, a system of reduced tillage, cover cropping, and intercropping, holds potential as a sustainable, resilient method of increasing yields while improving soil conditions. These […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): D. Hauswirth; T.S. Pham; O. Nicetic; F. Tivet; D. Le Quoc; E. Van de Fliert; G. Kirchhof; S. Boulakia; S. Chabierski; O. Husson; A. Chabanne; J. Boyer; P. Autfray; P. Lienhard; J.-C. Legoupil; M.L. Stevens
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

Conservation agriculture in urban deserts

Powerpoint presentation. ABSTRACT: Limited access to nutritious and affordable food is experienced by 23 million people in the US as they live in ‘food desserts’ making […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): D.I.A. Edralin; L. Hok; K. LeNgoc; M. Williams; G. Gayle; C. Raczkowski; M.R. Reyes
  • Type of Document: Media