Sustainable Agriculture & Natural Resource Management (SANREM)

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Assessment of nitrogen dynamics and cropping system sustainability in the Andean segion of South America with a new tool available for computers and smartphones

Poster. Abstract: Implementation of best soil and water conservation practices will be key to addressing challenges we will confront in the 21st century. With challenges such […]

  • Date of Publication: 2013
  • Author(s): J.A. Delgado; J. Alwang; L. Escudero; A.K. Saavedra; C. Monar; V. Barrera; R. Botello
  • Type of Document: Media

Do bacterial and fungal communities in soils of the Bolivian Altiplano change under shorter fallow periods?

Description: Leaving fields fallow can improve soil fertility, but there is limited information on the effect of fallowing on soil microbiology. This article presents a study […]

  • Date of Publication: 2013
  • Author(s): L. Gomez-Montano; A. Jumpponen; M.A. Gonzales; J. Cusicanqui; C. Valdivia; P.P. Motavalli; M. Herman; K.A. Garrett
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Positive impacts in soil and water conservation in an Andean region of South America: Case scenarios from a US Agency for International Development multidisciplinary cooperative project

Description: The Andean region of South America faces many challenges to increasing agricultural productivity: shrinking farm sizes, poor soils, erratic rainfall, and very high erosion rates. […]

  • Date of Publication: 2013
  • Author(s): C. Monar; A.K. Saavedra; L. Escudero; J.A. Delgado; J. Alwang; V. Barrera; R. Botello
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Faroas, Danny

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Agricultural innovation for enhanced natural resources in the Ecuador Highlands

Abstract: Collaborative relationships between various stakeholders – government officials, community leaders, farmers, and international researchers – were formed to improve natural resources and environmental conditions in […]

  • Date of Publication: May 2012
  • Author(s): V. Barrera; Jeffrey A.
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Gender, Local Soil Knowledge, and Access to Resources in the Andean Region, Bolivia

A paper presentation given at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers in 2012. The Abstract submitted: “In smallholder farming communities, men and women […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): K. Agriesti; M.E. Christie; R. Botello
  • Type of Document: Media

Gendered Perspectives on Sheep, Livelihoods, and Sense of Place in Sank’ayani Alto, Bolivia

Presented at the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers (CLAG), Merida, Mexico, 11-13 January 2012

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): M.E. Christie; K. Agriesti; R. Botello
  • Type of Document: Media

Local Soil Knowledge and Gendered Landscapes in Bolivia and the Philippines: Can GIS tell their story?

This research will pose questions about using mixed methods for research on gender, local soil knowledge, and agricultural resources. It presents qualitative GIS methods used in […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): M.E. Christie; K. Agriesti; R. Botello; H. Dayo
  • Type of Document: Media