Natural Resource Management

An integrative approach for introducing conservation agriculture practices to tribal societies in India

This poster presents the results from implimenting CAPS methods in tribal villages located in Odessa State, India. It gives socio-economic data for households in the study […]

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): J. Halbrendt; C. Lai; C. Chan-Halbrendt; T. Idol; C. Ray; C. Evensen; P.K. Roul
  • Type of Document: Media

An introduction to conservation agricultural production systems

This presentation gave an Overview of conservation agriculture production systems and described the biogeochemical benefits of each CAPS treatment selected for experimentation at trial plots in […]

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): J. Halbrendt
  • Type of Document: Media

CAPS Options for Tentuli Village

This presentation uses the results of soil and agronomic data analysis to make recommendations for CAPS options in Tentuli Village, India.

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): T. Idol; C. Chan-Halbrendt; T.J.K. Radovich
  • Type of Document: Media

Comparative Economic Analysis of Conservation Agricultural Practices in Tentuli Village, India

During this time of environmental change, the management of natural resources may be our wisest pursuit; specifically, where it relates to international agricultural development. This research […]

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): C. Lai; with C. Chan-Halbrendt; P. Roul; J. Halbrendt
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

Conservation agricultural practices to the tribal communities of Odisha, India

This presentation introduces the SMARTS project and gives 1st year results of CAPS implementation in Odessa, India. The presentation uses yield data as well as socio-economic […]

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): J. Halbrendt
  • Type of Document: Media

Conservation agriculture & soil health: The US perspective

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

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): T. Idol
  • Type of Document: Media

Conservation agriculture production systems (CAPS) poster for Orissa, India 2011

This poster illustrates how the short-term costs of CAPS implementation are outweighed by long-term benefits. The CAPS shown are specific to those implemented on trial plots […]

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): J. Halbrendt; with T. Idol; C. Chan-Halbrendt; C. Lai
  • Type of Document: Media

Constructing community fuzzy cognitive maps to promote adoption of conservation agricultural production practices

FCM was used to identify and map the factors involved in decision-making regarding the adoption of conservation agricultural practices in three villages in Central Nepal. Face-to-face […]

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): J. Halbrendt; C. Chan-Halbrendt; L. Shariq; S. Gray; C. Lai
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

Farmer preference for CAPS: Workshop and analysis

The purpose of these workshops was to collect gender-specific preference data for selected conservation agriculture preferences among tribal subsistence farmers using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). This […]

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): B.F. Reed
  • Type of Document: Media

Farmers’ preference: AHP workshop and analysis

A presentation presenting detailed steps in conducting AHP to determine tribal Indian farmers’ preference for cropping strategies that improve profit, labor savings, yield, or soil quality. […]

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): C. Lai; C. Chan-Halbrendt
  • Type of Document: Media