SANREM: An innovation laboratory to improve food security, rural livelihoods and resource conservation globally through conservation agriculture
Powerpoint presentation. Description: The presentation covered the overall objectives and activities of the Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Collaborative Research Support Program (SANREM CRSP). SANREM’s […]
- Date of Publication: 3/22/2013
- Author(s): K.M. Moore
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Food Security, Natural Resource Management
Conservation practices are essential land management strategies for climate change mitigation and adaptation
Powerpoint presentation. Description: Climate change and rising populations are placing higher demands and larger constraints on the world’s resources. This PowerPoint describes the impacts of these […]
- Date of Publication: 2013
- Author(s): J.A. Delgado
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Climate Change
Conservation practices for climate change adaptation
Powerpoint presentation. Description: Climate change and rising populations are placing higher demands and larger constraints on the world’s resources. This PowerPoint presents what these challenges mean […]
- Date of Publication: 2013
- Author(s): J.A. Delgado
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Climate Change
Review of: Sumberg and Thompson (eds.). Contested Agronomy: Agricultural Research in a Changing World
Description: This review provides an overview and critical analysis of the book: Sumberg, J. and J Thompson. 2012. Contested Agronomy: Agricultural Research in a Changing World. […]
- Date of Publication: 2013
- Author(s): K.M. Moore
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Ethnopedology Annotated Bibliography: CCRA-7
This is an updated annotated bibliography of ethnopedology articles created for the Gender CCRA-7 Gendered Perspectives for Conservation Agriculture: Local soil knowledge and crop-livestock interaction from […]
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): K. Agriesti
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Gender, Natural Resource Management
Integrating Gender and Increasing Women’s Participation: Experiences from Peanut, SANREM, and IPM CRSPs
This presentation is a thorough review of the three USAID-funded collaborative research support programs (CRSPs) at Virginia Tech and the common theme of integrating gender issues […]
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): M.E. Christie
- Type of Document: Media
Political Ecology and Feminist Political Ecology Annotated Bibliography: CCRA-7
This is an updated annotated bibliography of political ecology and feminist political ecology articles created for the Gender CCRA-7 Gendered Perspectives for Conservation Agriculture: Local soil […]
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): K. Agriesti
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Gender, Natural Resource Management
Assessment of application timing of Bacillus spp. to supress pre- and postharvest diseases of apple
In response to consumer environmental and health concerns concerning chemical pesticides, more attention has been placed on the development of biological control agents for the mitigation […]
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): A.M. Poleatewich; H.K. Ngugi; P.A. Backman
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Food Security
Detection and Incidence of Pernospora Variabilis in Quinoa Seeds
This poster describes the research undertaken to determine the level of imported quinoa contamination with quinoa downy mildew, caused by Pernospora variabilis, as well as to […]
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): A.M. Testen; P. A. Backman
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Food Security
Detection and expression of enterotoxin genes in endophytic strains of Bacillus cereus
The aim of this study was to determine whether endophytic Bacillus cereus isolates from agronomic crops possessed genes for the nonhaemolytic enterotoxin (Nhe) and haemolysin BL […]
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): R.L. Melnick; A.L. Testen; A.M. Poleatewich; P.A. Backman; B.A. Bailey
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Health and Nutrition