Sustainable Agriculture & Natural Resource Management (SANREM)

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Enhancing farmer adoption of simple conservation practices: Landcare in the Philippines

Abstract: This paper evaluates the technical, socio-economic, and institutional constraints contributing to the slow adoption of contour hedgerow conservation practices in the Philippines. The authors discuss […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): D. Catacutan; L. Arbes; G. Boy
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

Policy imperatives for natural resource management under a decentralized regime: The Philippines case

Abstract: The policy link of national and local government units in natural resource management (NRM) is a crucial factor to the state of a country’s natural […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): D. Elazegui; A. Rola; I. Coxhead
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

Technical innovations and institution-building for upland development: The case of Landcare in the Philippines

Abstract: ICRAF has been conducting research on contour hedgerow systems for the past decade in Claveria, Misamis Oriental and Lantapan, Bukidnon in northern and central Mindanao, […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): D.C. Catacutan; A.R. Mercado, Jr.
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

El discurso de las coaliciones de convencimiento: Futuros deseados y temas de recursos naturales Cotacachi-Ecuador

Abstract: Using discourse analysis, this presentation synthesizes, characterizes, and summarizes information gathered from in-depth interviews and focus groups with key representatives of civil society, state, and […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): F. Campana; M. Garcia
  • Type of Document: Media

Farm-community entrepreneurial partnerships in the Midwest

Abstract: This chapter details the various skills possessed by those in Midwestern farm-community. The skills that are detailed range from production, mechanical and technical, and relational.

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): C.B. Flora; G. McIsaac; S. Gasteyer; M. Kroma
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Effects of organizational leadership style on organizational and community capacity: Indigenous secondary local level organizations in Ecuador

Abstract: The analysis in this presentation relates indicators of social capital and organizational capacity in four secondary-level indigenous organizations (SLOs) in Ecuador to similar variables in […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): J. Flora; T. Carrol; A. Cobo
  • Type of Document: Media

Creating local and national capacity for integrated conservation and development projects

This chapter Overviews the issues related to developing local and national institutional capacity for orchestrating integraded conservation and development projects – arguably the most difficult aspect […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): J.L. Flora
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Current global trends in sustainable agriculture

Presentation covers trends in sustainable agriculture, priorities for SANREM Phase III and future directions in agriculture. Participants are encouraged to focus on the food system, plan […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): C. Francis
  • Type of Document: Media

From awareness to attitude to action: An iterative approach to evaluating impacts of NRM projects

This brief illustrates how environmental projects can respond to donors’ demands for evidence of impacts in the early stages of their implementation, before longer-term improvements in […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): G. Buenavista
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

Conclusions

Concluding chapter summarizing the process of natural resources management in the Lantapan watershed.

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): G. Buenavista; I. Coxhead
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article