A conservation agriculture production system program for the Central Plateau of Haiti
This presentation presents the research proposal for improving food security for smallholders in the central plateau of Haiti (LTRA-6). Productivity is very low and hunger is […]
- Date of Publication: 2010
- Author(s): J. McKenna
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Developing sustainable conservation agriculture systems for smallholders in Southern Africa: Lesotho & Mozambique
This presentation presents the research proposal for developing conservation agriculture (CA) systems in southern Africa (LTRA-9). In the two countries of Lesotho and Mozambique, food security […]
- Date of Publication: 2010
- Author(s): N. Eash
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Development and transfer of conservation agricultural production systems (CAPS) for smallholder farms in eastern Uganda and western Kenya
This presentation provides an Overview of a research proposal for the conservation agriculture production systems in Kenya and Uganda (LTRA-10). The researchers will be covering four […]
- Date of Publication: 2010
- Author(s): J. Norton
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Can conservation agriculture improve soil quality and sequester carbon in the short term for dryland smallholders in the developing world?
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Management (SANREM) Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP) seeks to determine the effects of […]
- Date of Publication: 2010
- Author(s): M.J. Mulvaney
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Can conservation agriculture improve soil quality and sequester carbon in the short term for dryland smallholders in the developing world?
This article provides an Overview of the Soils Cross-Cutting Research Activity (CCRA) within the Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Collaborative Research Support Program (SANREM CRSP). […]
- Date of Publication: 2010
- Author(s): M.J. Mulvaney
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Carbon and nitrogen mineralization and persistence of organic residues under conservation and conventional tillage
Combining high biomass cover crops with in situ organic mulches may achieve adequate weed control for no-till production, but the persistence and nutrient release rates from […]
- Date of Publication: 2010
- Author(s): M.J. Mulvaney; C.W. Wood; K.S. Balkcom; D.A. Shannon; J.M. Kemble
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Effects of high biomass cover crops and organic mulches on soil properties and collard yield three years after conversion to no-till
Powerpoint presentation.
- Date of Publication: 2010
- Author(s): C.W. Wood; D. Shannon; K. Balkcom; B.H. Wood; J.M. Kemble
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Soil quality and carbon sequestration
The presentation proposes the collection of a minimum dataset in order to compare soil quality improvements from conservation agriculture across the sites in the Soil Quality […]
- Date of Publication: 2010
- Author(s): M. Mulvaney
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Causas y consecuencias del cambio climatico en la agricultura
INDICE: Variabilidad Climatica vs. Cambio Climatico Potenciales impactos del Cambio Climatico Implicaciones Hidrologicas del Cambio Climatico Mitigar o Adaptarse; Cual es la opcion? Calentamiento Ecuador Desafios […]
- Date of Publication: 2010
- Author(s): V.H. Barrera
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Conservation agriculture as a potential pathway to better resource management, higher productivity and improved socio-economic conditions in the Andean region (Bolivia, Ecuador)
This presentation provides a brief overview of the research proposal for conservation agriculture (CA) in the Andean Region (LTRA-7). The researchers will be evaluating farming practices […]
- Date of Publication: 2010
- Author(s): J. Alwang
- Type of Document: Media