Sustainable Agriculture & Natural Resource Management (SANREM)

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The role of risk mitigation in production efficiency: A case study of Bolivian potatoes producers

This presentation describes data gathered in the Bolivian Andes on 389 households about potato production activities, revenues, expenses, and environmental and gender issues. Crop productivity has […]

  • Date of Publication: 2010
  • Author(s): C. Larochelle; J. Alwang
  • Type of Document: Media

El suelo y la relacion con la aplicacion de los abonos organicos

INDICE: Factores de la formacion del suelo Factores que influyen en la descomposicion de la materia organica (MO) Ambiente fisico/quimico Calidad de los recursos Relaciones C:N […]

  • Date of Publication: 2010
  • Author(s): Y. Cartagena Ayala
  • Type of Document: Media

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

LTRA-12: Conservation agriculture for food security in Cambodia and the Philippines

Degraded landscapes are expanding annually in Cambodia and the Philippines and decrease agricultural productivity, which in turn heightens food insecurity and exacerbates poverty. This project examines […]

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
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Adapting disease forecasting models to coarser scales: Global potato late blight prediction

Many predictive models of plant disease rely upon fine-scale weather data collected in hourly increments, or finer. This data requirement is a major constraint when applying […]

  • Date of Publication: 2009
  • Author(s): A.H. Sparks; G. Forbes; K.A. Garrett
  • Type of Document: Media

Assessing and managing soil quality for sustainable agricultural systems

This brief presentation summarizes some of the major findings of the cross cutting research activity on soil quality including inexpensive and relatively quick methods for measuring […]

  • Date of Publication: 2009
  • Author(s): P. Motavalli
  • Type of Document: Media

Efecto de las variaciones climaticas en el comportamiento de dos polillas (Phthorimaea operculella y Symmetrischema tangolias) en el cultivo de papa en comunidades del Altiplano Central

Informe de avance del trabajo de tesis acerca del efecto de las variaciones climaticas en el comportamiento de dos polillas en el cultivo de papa en […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): V. Vera; M.A. Gonzales; C. Chambilla; K. Garrett
  • Type of Document: Research Report

Assessing and managing soil quality for sustainable agricultural systems

This presentation was compiled as a class project presented at the Graduate seminar in the Soils department at the University of Missouri-Columbia. It sets forth the […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): B. Jintaridth
  • Type of Document: Media

Assessing and managing soil quality for sustainable agricultural systems: SANREM CRSP Cross Cutting initiative

A presentation about the SANREM CRSP Cross Cutting initiative in terms of assessing and managing soil quality for sustainable agricultural systems in the Altiplano of Peru […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): P. Motavalli; B. Jintaridth; J. Lehmann; K. Goyne; J. Gilles
  • Type of Document: Media