Philippines

Environmental Awareness Of, By, and For Empowerment of the Manupali Watershed Farming Families

The SANREM CRSP maintains that community participation is an irreplaceable avenue for appropriating long term changes in sustainable agriculture and natural resources management. To this end, […]

  • Start Date: January 1993
  • End Date: July 1997
  • Project Code: P14-I
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Assembling the Elements for a Realistic Buffer Zone Resource Management Plan in the Philippines

Protected areas are in crisis throughout the developing world. Communities near protected ecosystems frequently bear substantial costs as a consequence of their proximity to these areas, […]

  • Start Date: January 1993
  • End Date: July 1997
  • Project Code: P15-I
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Engaging the Whole: Operationalizing the Spread Effect at SANREM CRSP Sites

In addition to the administrative responsibilities of the Site Coordination Office (SCO), it serves the role of communications node for the host-country for the SANREM CRSP […]

  • Start Date: January 1993
  • End Date: August 1997
  • Project Code: P17-1
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Complementary Weed Control Strategies in Rice-Vegetable Systems (Evaluation of Integrated Weed Management Strategies Against Weeds in Onion)

Field studies were conducted in two farmers’ fields in the Asian site in San Jose, Nueva Ecija, Philippines during the 1998 dry seasons. The efficacy of […]

  • Start Date: 1993
  • End Date: 1998
  • Project Code: Not Available
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Potential of Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus (NPV) and Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) for Spodoptera Control in Yellow Granex Onions (Microbial Control of Spodoptera in Onions)

Field trials in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija have shown that NPV, Bt, and NPV+Bt are more effective against Spodoptera larvae, than Karate insecticide application. Larval counts were […]

Effects of Rice Hull Burning on Soil-Borne Diseases, Weed Survival and Growth, and the Rice Root-Knot Nematode, Meloidogyne graminicola in a Rice-Onion Cropping System

The continuing study on the effects of rice hull burning on soil-borne diseases in San Jose and Bongabon showed that fungal populations were much lower in […]

  • Start Date: 1993
  • End Date: 1998
  • Project Code: Not Available
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Effects of Crop Rotation on Incidence of Pink Root Disease in Onion and Meloidogyne graminicola in Rice-Onion Cropping System

The three-year crop rotation experiment intended to suppress/manage pink root disease and root-knot nematode populations in onion-growing areas showed a dramatic reduction in pink root incidence […]

Effects of Soil Amendments on Populations of Meloidogyne graminicola in Rice-Onion System

None of the five biofertilizers/soil inoculants tested for suppression of root-knot nematode populations in onion roots and soil were effective in either San Jose or Bongabon. […]

  • Start Date: 1993
  • End Date: 1998
  • Project Code: Not Available
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The Effectiveness of Trap Plants and Pheromone Traps for Spodoptera litura and Leucinodes orbonalis Management

The use of castor as trap plants for Spodoptera litura feeding on onions continued to be assessed during the onion-growing season. While castor plants effectively attracted […]