How might shadow price restrictions reduce technical efficiency? Evidence from a restricted DEA analysis of coffee farms in Vietnam
This article analyzes the effect of potential restrictions on the shadow prices of chemical inputs on technical efficiency among smallholder coffee farmers in Vietnam. Population growth […]
- Date of Publication: 2010
- Author(s): A. Garcia; G. Shively
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
Mapping gender networks in Bogor District, West Java: Farmers accessing markets for their agricultural products
In Nanggung, West Java Province, Indonesia, agricultural production is dominated by men while women have little access and control over land, capital, and production inputs. Using […]
- Date of Publication: 2010
- Author(s): M.E. Christie; H. Puspitawati
- Type of Document: Media
Conservation agriculture for food security in Cambodia and the Philippines
This presentation presents the research proposal for conservation agriculture (CA) and food security in Cambodia and the Philippines (LTRA-12). Using three important components of CA–minimum soil […]
- Date of Publication: 2010
- Author(s): M. Reyes
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Food Security, Natural Resource Management
Fertilizer Recommendation: Correlation and Calibration Study of Soil P Test for Yard Long Bean (Vigna unguilata L) on Ultisols in Nanggung-Bogor
Abstract: Proper fertilization of a crop is knowing the crop nutrient requirement for production of maximum yield and the potential level of nutrient availability from the […]
- Date of Publication: 2010
- Author(s): A.D. Susila; J.G. Kartika; T. Prasetyo; M.C. Palada
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
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-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
Community-based wetland comanagement in Bangladesh
This chapter explains new solutions to problems resulting from top-down approaches to resource conservation and sustainability. The management of natural resources – in this case, wetlands […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): D.B. Sherwood
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Capacity Building, Natural Resource Management
Hot commodity: Researchers hope to teach farmers to use and conserve native plants
By reintroducing native foods in a region of the Philippines plagued by poverty and degraded natural resources, researchers hope to teach farmers how to use and […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): D. Estrada
- Type of Document: Newspaper Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Capacity Building
Native foods a hot commodity in the Philippines
By reintroducing native foods in a region plagued by poverty and degraded natural resources, researchers hope to teach farmers how to use and conserve plants, improve […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): D. Estrada
- Type of Document: Newspaper Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
A closer look on the Magna Carta of small farmers in the Philippines
Contents: I. Closer Look on the Magna Carta of Small Farmers in the Philippines Who are the small farmers? A. The Magna Carta of Small Farmers: […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): D. Catacutan; C. Duque-Pinon
- Type of Document: Project Document
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management