Pfeufer, Emily
Country of Origin: US- Start Date: 2010/08/01
- End Date: 2014/12/01
- University: Penn State University
- Degree: PhD
- Region: US and Canada
- Topic: Capacity Building
Tabili, Jocelyn
Country of Origin: Philippines- Start Date: 2010/06/01
- End Date: 2013/04/01
- University: University of the Philippines Los Baños
- Degree: MS
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Capacity Building
Lamb, Jennifer
Country of Origin: US- Start Date: 2010/05/01
- End Date: 2012/05/01
- University: Virginia Tech
- Degree: MS
- Region: US and Canada
- Topic: Capacity Building
Claros, Jose Carlos
Country of Origin: Bolivia- Start Date: 2009/08/01
- End Date: 2010/01/01
- University: Universidad Mayor de San Simon
- Degree: BS
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Capacity Building
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
LTRA-8: Improving soil quality and crop productivity through CAPS in West Africa
For West African countries such as Ghana and Mali, investment in agriculture is critical to reduce poverty and stimulate economic growth. Improved soil quality and water […]
- Start Date: 2009
- End Date: 2014
- Project Code: LTRA-8
- Lead University: Kansas State University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Capacity Building, Natural Resource Management
Community organizing for natural resource management: Strategies for mitigating farmer-pastoralist conflict through decentralized governance
This chapter describes how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and local institutions are addressing the issues of decentralization, natural resource management (NRM), and ethnic conflicts in the Inland […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): M. Bertelsen; S. Cisse; K.M. Moore; A. Toure
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Capacity Building, Natural Resource Management, Policy
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
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
Developing conservation agriculture production systems: An analysis of local networks
Abstract: Conservation agriculture (CA) has been trumpeted as the solution for reducing soil degradation and increasing agricultural productivity around the world. Some farmland settings, such as […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): S. Swenson; K.M. Moore
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Global
- Topic: Capacity Building, Innovation, Natural Resource Management
