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SANREM CRSP Annual Report 2008

Contains an Overview of activities undertaken by the SANREM CRSP in 2008.

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): SANREM CRSP
  • Type of Document: Annual Report

A new method for detecting outliers in Data Envelopment Analysis

We introduce a simple method for detecting outliers in Data Envelopment Analysis. The method is based on two scalar measures. The first is the relative frequency […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): N.A. Tran; G. Shively; P. Preckel
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Adaptive watershed management in the South American Highlands: Learning and teaching on the fly

Abstract: The purpose of this poster is to describe an adaptive watershed management process in Chimbo, Ecuador. We show the conceptual framework and our empirical strategy. […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): J. Alwang
  • Type of Document: Media

Analysis of gender roles within farmer’s economy in the “Jatun Mayu” watershed communities: Tiraque, Bolivia

This poster examines gender roles in the Andes. Its objectives are to: a) Describe the roles of men and women in household economy and social organization […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): N. Amaya
  • Type of Document: Media

Applied biodiversity science: Managing emerging diseases in agriculture and linked natural systems using ecological principles

Abstract: Pathogen reproduction tends to be host-frequency dependent, so that disease may be more problematic when particular crop species or genotypes are very common. Nonetheless, production […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): K.A. Garrett; C.M. Cox
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Assessing and managing soil quality for sustainable agricultural systems

This presentation was compiled as a class project presented at the Graduate seminar in the Soils department at the University of Missouri-Columbia. It sets forth the […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): B. Jintaridth
  • Type of Document: Media

Assessing soil quality for sustainable agricultural systems in tropical countries using spectroscopic methods

Identifying and developing appropriate methods to quantify and assess changes in soil quality are essential for evaluating the extent of soil degradation and the effectiveness of […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): B. Jintaridth; P.P. Motavalli; K.W. Goyne; R.J. Kremer
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

Asymmetric information and contract design for payments for environmental services

This article addresses the informational rents that are created in payments for environmental services (PES) contracts by asymmetric information between landowners and conservation buyers. Three options […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): P.J. Ferraro
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

In press>> Projected changes in the annual cycle of precipitation in the Altiplano

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  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): A. Seth; M. Garcia; J. Thibeault
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

File>> Efecto residual de fertilizantes organicos e inorganicos en el cultivo de quinua (chenopodium quinoa willd), aplicados anteriormente en el cultivo de papa en cuatro comunidades del Municipio de Umala

Avance de informe del trabajo de tesis acerca del efecto residual de fertilizantes organicos e inorganicos en el cultivo de quinua, aplicados anteriormente en el cultivo […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): C. Cladera; C. Chambilla; M.A. Gonzales; P. Motavalli
  • Type of Document: Research Report