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
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Productivity
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
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Productivity
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 […]
- Start Date: 2009
- End Date: 2014
- Project Code: LTRA-12
- Lead University: North Carolina A&T State University
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Capacity Building, Gender, Natural Resource Management, Productivity
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
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
- Region: Global
- Topic: Food Security, Productivity
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
- Region: Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management, Productivity
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
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Climate Change, Productivity
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
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management, Productivity
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