CCRA-7: Gendered Perspectives for Conservation Agriculture
Understanding local knowledge, beliefs, and perceptions of soils–both women and men’s–is one of several essential components for potential adoption of CAPS. Women possess specialized agricultural knowledge […]
- Start Date: 2009
- End Date: 2014
- Project Code: CCRA-7
- Lead University: Virginia Tech
- Region: Global
- Topic: Gender, Natural Resource Management
CCRA-6: Economic Analysis and Impact
The economic challenges to CAPS adoption are among the most formidable obstacles that will confront LTRAs and their collaborating host-country partners. While the benefits to participating […]
- Start Date: 2009
- End Date: 2014
- Project Code: CCRA-6
- Lead University: Virginia Tech
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
LTRA-12: Conservation agriculture for food security in Cambodia and the Philippines
Degraded landscapes are expanding annually in Cambodia and the Philippines and decrease agricultural productivity, which in turn heightens food insecurity and exacerbates poverty. This project examines […]
- Start Date: 2009
- End Date: 2014
- Project Code: LTRA-12
- Lead University: North Carolina A&T State University
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Capacity Building, Gender, Natural Resource Management, Productivity
LTRA-11: CAPS among tribal societies in India and Nepal
Traditional agriculture in tribal and ethnic societies in India and Nepal is increasingly relegated to less productive land, often on steep slopes. This project works with […]
- Start Date: 2009
- End Date: 2014
- Project Code: LTRA-11
- Lead University: University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Capacity Building, Gender, Natural Resource Management
LTRA-10: CAPS for smallholder farms in eastern Uganda and western Kenya
Sub-Saharan Africa faces formidable food security and environmental challenges. Population pressure, agricultural intensification, market distortions, an unevenly supportive policy climate, and inherently low-productivity soils create a […]
- Start Date: 2009
- End Date: 2014
- Project Code: LTRA-10
- Lead University: University of Wyoming
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Capacity Building, Innovation, Natural Resource Management
LTRA-9: Developing sustainable CAPS for smallholder farmers in Southern Africa
Subsistence farmers across Southern Africa struggle with food security and often address the shortfall by plowing more land. This approach usually results in fewer crops due […]
- Start Date: 2009
- End Date: 2014
- Project Code: LTRA-9
- Lead University: University of Tennessee
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Climate Change, Gender, Natural Resource Management
LTRA-8: Improving soil quality and crop productivity through CAPS in West Africa
For West African countries such as Ghana and Mali, investment in agriculture is critical to reduce poverty and stimulate economic growth. Improved soil quality and water […]
- Start Date: 2009
- End Date: 2014
- Project Code: LTRA-8
- Lead University: Kansas State University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Capacity Building, Natural Resource Management
LTRA-7: Pathways to CAPS in the Andes
Rural populations in the Andean region of South America are frequently dependent on a single food crop
- Start Date: 2009
- End Date: 2014
- Project Code: LTRA-7
- Lead University: Virginia Tech
LTRA-6: A CAPS program for the Central Plateau of Haiti
After decades of violent conflict and political upheaval, Haiti’s agricultural sector is unable to produce enough food for the nation’s population of nearly 9 million. The […]
- Start Date: 2009
- End Date: 2014
- Project Code: LTRA-6
- Lead University: Virginia Tech
CCRA-9: Soil Quality and Carbon Sequestration
The goal of this project is to determine if dryland smallholders in the developing world can increase soil organic carbon, and hence soil fertility, by adopting […]
- Start Date: 2009
- End Date: 2014
- Project Code: CCRA-9
- Lead University: Virginia Tech
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
