Sustainable Agriculture & Natural Resource Management (SANREM)

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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

Assessing the influence of conservation agriculture on household wellbeing and Maize Marketing in Tete and Manica, Mozambique

Description: In recent years there has been a movement on the part of farmers, governments, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO), and the international community to promote the use […]

  • Date of Publication: 2013
  • Author(s): W.E. McNair
  • Type of Document: Thesis or Dissertation

Conservation agriculture in Mozambique – Literature review and research gaps

Description: Conservation agriculture (CA) has been promoted in Mozambique since 1996 in order to increase smallholder productivity, reduce erosion, increase soil fertility and improve the drought […]

  • Date of Publication: 2013
  • Author(s): P. Grabowski; F. Walker; S. Haggblade; R. Maria; N. Eash
  • Type of Document: Research Report

The influence of conservation agriculture adoption on input demand and maize production in Butha Buthe, Lesotho

Description: This thesis examines the factors influencing adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) technologies and the effects adoption has on input demand, maize production, and farm profit […]

  • Date of Publication: 2013
  • Author(s): E. Bisangwa
  • Type of Document: Thesis or Dissertation

Farmer co-designed agroforestry initiative reduces field residue removal by subsistence farmers in Kenya

Poster. ABSTRACT: This study will evaluate the magnitude and origins of plant biomass use in everyday small-holder farmer households. Implementation of farmer co-designed agroforestry practices as […]

  • Date of Publication: 2013
  • Author(s): E. Anders; U. Norton
  • Type of Document: Media

SANREM CRSP LTRA-10: Development and transfer of conservation agriculture production systems (CAPS) for smallholder farms in eastern Uganda and western Kenya

Powerpoint presentation. Description: The presentation covered the overall objectives and activities of the Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Collaborative Research Support Program (SANREM CRSP) Long-term […]

  • Date of Publication: 2013
  • Author(s): D.N. Sikuku; E.C. Omondi; J.B. Norton; J.R. Okalebo
  • Type of Document: Media

Development of an integrated approach for introducing conservation agricultural practices to the tribal communities of Odisha, India

ABSTRACT: The smallholder farmers in the tribal areas of Odisha State, India have struggled to produce adequate crop yields under their current low input, continuous mono-crop […]

  • Date of Publication: 2013
  • Author(s): J. Halbrendt; L. Shariq; C. Lai; T. Idol; C. Ray; P.K. Roul; K.N. Mishra
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Economic analysis of conservation agriculture in maize-based farming system in Nepal

Poster. ABSTRACT: A linear programming technique was used to estimate the revenue maximizing allocation of land for a representative household using conservation agriculture production system (CAPS) […]

  • Date of Publication: 2013
  • Author(s): B. Paudel; C. Chan-Halbrendt; G. Norton; A. Nguema; P. Limbu; T. Radovich; S. Crow; J. Halbrendt
  • Type of Document: Media