Natural Resource Management

Introduction to SANREM / SMARTS Project

This presentation provides an Introduction to SANREM SMARTS Project, discusses project Goals, traditional agriculture impacts on soil quality, conservation agriculture systems, which include minimum tillage, intercropping, […]

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

LI-BIRD 2012 Calandar, LI-BIRDko Chautari

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  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development
  • Type of Document: Newsletter

Staff preference for CAPS: Workshop and analysis

The purpose of this presentation was to collect staff and student preference data while training them to assist in similar data collection in villages. objectives were […]

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

Sustainable Management of Agroecological Resources in Tribal Soceties (SMARTS): Field Observation in Nepal

This presentation introduces UH staff and students to LIBIRD and Tribhuan University, both in Nepal. It also introduces the farming conditions and crops at each study […]

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research, and Development (LIBIRD)
  • Type of Document: Media

Sustainable tribal farming through conservation agriculture: SMARTS experience in Kendujhar

This presentation gave a synopsis of the SMARTS program in Kendujhar and highlighted the particpatory nature of the research to determine the benefits of conservation agriculture […]

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): P.K. Roul; K.N. Mesha; S.N. Dashi
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

Using cognitive mapping to assess farmer decision-making

The purpose of this presentation and workshop was to collect data on farmer thought processes and values in order to develop a cognitive map model and […]

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

Complexity in climate-change impacts: An analytical framework for effects mediated by plant disease

This article describes a framework of analysis that was developed to gauge the complexity of climate change effects on ecosystem services. Specifically, these researchers examine how […]

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): K.A. Garrett; G.A. Forbes; S. Savary; P. Skelsey; A.H. Sparks, et al.
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Cover crop residue and organic mulches provide weed control during limited-input no-till collard production

Conservation tillage is an effective means to suppress weeds, improve soil quality, and thus enhance food security. However, limited-input producers are reluctant to adopt these practices […]

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): M.J. Mulvaney; A.J. Price; C.W. Wood
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Developing sustainable subsistence smallholder conservation agricultural systems in Lesotho

Abstract: The average subsistence maize yield in Lesotho is very low (less than 0.3 Mg/ha) due to excessive soil erosion rates, low soil fertility, high fertilizer […]

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): N.S. Eash; F. Walker; D. Lambert; M. Wilcox; M. Marake; P. Wall; A. Basson; W. Bruns; M. Bruns
  • Type of Document: Media

Vegetable Agroforestry and Cashew-Cacao Systems in Vietnam

This book is part of a four-book series that details the research conducted by the Nong Lam University research team concerning the addition of cacao to […]

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): D. Thanh Ha; L. Van Du; L. Thanh Loan; N. Kim Loi; N. Duc Thanh; P.H. Duc Phuoc; D. Midmore; D. Catacutan; M. Palada; M. Reyes; R. Cajilig; K. Kunta; S. Sombatpanit (Eds.)
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article