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
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
Manejo de los recursos naturales en la agricultura de pequena escala en zonas de alta pendiente
Objetivo General: Contribuir al desarrollo sostenible de las poblaciones de la subcuenca del rio Chimbo, mediante el manejo integrado de los recursos naturales. indice: La subcuenca […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): V.H. Barrera
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Manejo de recursos naturales para agricultura de pequena escala en la Ecoregion Andina de Ecuador
This presentation explains how mixed crop and livestock production systems can help improve crop productivity and the sustainability of farming systems in the Andean region of […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): V.H. Barrera
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Adaptive watershed management in the South American highlands: Learning and teaching on the fly
This chapter describes the Chimbo watershed in the Bolivar Province in Ecuador and efforts that are being made to increase agricultural productivity and soil quality in […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): J. Alwang; V. Barrera; R. Andrade; S. Hamilton; G.W. Norton
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
Challenges and opportunities for smallholder adoption of conservation agriculture
Conservation agriculture (CA) has been trumpeted as the solution for reducing soil degradation and increasing agricultural productivity throughout the world. Some farmland settings, such as in […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): K. Moore; S. Swenson
- Type of Document: Media
In Bolivia’s Marketplaces, Women Rule
When Bolivian farm families bring their produce to the sprawling market in Tiraque, husbands help their wives carry in the huge sacks of potatoes that are […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): D. Estrada
- Type of Document: Newspaper Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Gender, Markets
A new genus and species of Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from the western dry forest of Ecuador
Australotymnes jipijapa new genus, new species (type locality: Ecuador) is described. Adults were collected from vegetation during the rainy season in disturbed and converted dry forest […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): R. Wills Flowers
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Innovation, Natural Resource Management
Adapting to change in the Andes: Practices and strategies for vulnerable ecosystems
This presentation summarizes the findings of the SANREM CRSP research project “Practices and strategies for vulnerable agro-ecosystems”, with specific regard to the impact of climate change. […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): C. Valdivia
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Adapting to climate change in Andean Ecosystems: SANREM LTRA-4 Practices and Strategies
Adapting to Change in the Andean Highlands: Practices and Strategies to Address Climate and Market Risks in Vulnerable Agro-ecosystems (SANREM CRSP LTRA 4) is focused on […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): C. Valdivia
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
