Sustainable tribal farming through conservation agriculture: SMARTS experience in Kendujhar
This presentation gave a synopsis of the SMARTS program in Kendujhar and highlighted the particpatory nature of the research to determine the benefits of conservation agriculture […]
- Date of Publication: 2011
- Author(s): P.K. Roul; K.N. Mesha; S.N. Dashi
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Using cognitive mapping to assess farmer decision-making
The purpose of this presentation and workshop was to collect data on farmer thought processes and values in order to develop a cognitive map model and […]
- Date of Publication: 2011
- Author(s): J. Halbrendt
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Food Security, Natural Resource Management
Complexity in climate-change impacts: An analytical framework for effects mediated by plant disease
This article describes a framework of analysis that was developed to gauge the complexity of climate change effects on ecosystem services. Specifically, these researchers examine how […]
- Date of Publication: 2011
- Author(s): K.A. Garrett; G.A. Forbes; S. Savary; P. Skelsey; A.H. Sparks, et al.
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Cover crop residue and organic mulches provide weed control during limited-input no-till collard production
Conservation tillage is an effective means to suppress weeds, improve soil quality, and thus enhance food security. However, limited-input producers are reluctant to adopt these practices […]
- Date of Publication: 2011
- Author(s): M.J. Mulvaney; A.J. Price; C.W. Wood
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: US and Canada
- Topic: Natural Resource Management, Productivity
Developing sustainable subsistence smallholder conservation agricultural systems in Lesotho
Abstract: The average subsistence maize yield in Lesotho is very low (less than 0.3 Mg/ha) due to excessive soil erosion rates, low soil fertility, high fertilizer […]
- Date of Publication: 2011
- Author(s): N.S. Eash; F. Walker; D. Lambert; M. Wilcox; M. Marake; P. Wall; A. Basson; W. Bruns; M. Bruns
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Vegetable Agroforestry and Cashew-Cacao Systems in Vietnam
This book is part of a four-book series that details the research conducted by the Nong Lam University research team concerning the addition of cacao to […]
- Date of Publication: 2011
- Author(s): D. Thanh Ha; L. Van Du; L. Thanh Loan; N. Kim Loi; N. Duc Thanh; P.H. Duc Phuoc; D. Midmore; D. Catacutan; M. Palada; M. Reyes; R. Cajilig; K. Kunta; S. Sombatpanit (Eds.)
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Mechanisms of summertime precipitation variability in the Bolivian Altiplano: Present and future
The Bolivian Altiplano is particular vulnerable to harmful effects of climate change and corresponding disturbances in precipitation patterns. In this study, CMIP3 models were analyzed according […]
- Date of Publication: 2011
- Author(s): J. Thibeault; A. Seth; G.Wang
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Climate Change
Water use efficiency for increased agricultural productivity, sustainability and competitiveness in the Philippines: Technologies and practices, issues and problems, and recommendations
Powerpoint presentation. Description: This electronic presentation describes current issues in water use efficiency as it relates to sustainable intensification of agriculture in the Philippines. Technologies, recommendations, […]
- Date of Publication: 2011
- Author(s): V.B. Ella
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Gender, Natural Resource Management
SANREM CRSP News, December 2010
Table of Contents: Feed the Future – Overview – Impacts on SANREM Program Director’s Message Incoming Program Director Research Spotlight: North Carolina A&T LTRA-11 Principal Investigator […]
- Date of Publication: December 2010
- Author(s): SANREM CRSP
- Type of Document: Newsletter
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Are potato markets gendered? An analysis of gender networks in the potato marketing chain in the Jatun Mayu watershed of Tiraque, Bolivia
Powerpoint Presentation: Incomes from potato production are critical for the well-being and survival of many Andean farmers. These incomes depend on market access and ability to […]
- Date of Publication: 11/15/2010
- Author(s): N. Amaya; J. Alwang; M.E. Christie
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Markets
