Sustainable Agriculture & Natural Resource Management (SANREM)

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Assessment of application timing of Bacillus spp. to supress pre- and postharvest diseases of apple

In response to consumer environmental and health concerns concerning chemical pesticides, more attention has been placed on the development of biological control agents for the mitigation […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): A.M. Poleatewich; H.K. Ngugi; P.A. Backman
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Economic analysis of farm labor and profitability of three tribal villages in Nepal

The Introduction of conservation agriculture practices, such as strip tilling and intercropping with nitrogen-fixing legumes can increase long-term farm profitability and ensure long-term soil productivity. Survey […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): B. Reed; C. Chan-Halbrendt; J. Halbrendt; C. Lai; T.J.K. Radovich; P. Limbu
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

Detection and Incidence of Pernospora Variabilis in Quinoa Seeds

This poster describes the research undertaken to determine the level of imported quinoa contamination with quinoa downy mildew, caused by Pernospora variabilis, as well as to […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): A.M. Testen; P. A. Backman
  • Type of Document: Media

Developing Conservation Agriculture in the Philippines

This presentation describes the implementation of Conservation Agriculture production practices in Claveria, Misamis, Philippines, as well as its impacts on soil conservation and marketable produce yields. […]

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): A.R. Mercado; M.R. Reyes; V.B. Ella
  • Type of Document: Media

Isolation of endophytic endospore-forming bacteria from Theobroma cacao as potential biological control agents of cacao diseases

This article describes research on the effectiveness of biological controls of cacao fungal diseases. The study was conducted using endophytes from Ecuador, and treatments were shown […]

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): R.L. Melnick; C. Suarez; B. A. Bailey; P. A. Backman
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

CAPS Options for Tentuli Village

This presentation uses the results of soil and agronomic data analysis to make recommendations for CAPS options in Tentuli Village, India.

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): T. Idol; C. Chan-Halbrendt; T.J.K. Radovich
  • Type of Document: Media

Farmer preference for CAPS: Workshop and analysis

The purpose of these workshops was to collect gender-specific preference data for selected conservation agriculture preferences among tribal subsistence farmers using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). This […]

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): B.F. Reed
  • Type of Document: Media

Farmers’ preference: AHP workshop and analysis

A presentation presenting detailed steps in conducting AHP to determine tribal Indian farmers’ preference for cropping strategies that improve profit, labor savings, yield, or soil quality. […]

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): C. Lai; C. Chan-Halbrendt
  • Type of Document: Media

Introduction to SANREM / SMARTS Project

This presentation provides an Introduction to SANREM SMARTS Project, discusses project Goals, traditional agriculture impacts on soil quality, conservation agriculture systems, which include minimum tillage, intercropping, […]

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): J. Halbrendt; with T. Idol; C. Chan-Halbrendt; C. Lai
  • Type of Document: Media

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  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development
  • Type of Document: Newsletter