Emerging plant diseases: What are our best strategies for management?
As food prices increase, new attention is focused on food security and the factors that affect crop productivity and availability. The interaction between the crop (host), […]
- Date of Publication: 2010
- Author(s): K.A. Garrett; A. Jumpponen; L. Gomez Montano
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Pyrosequencing to determine the influence of fallow period on soil microbial communities in the Bolivian Highlands
This poster addresses the shortened fallow periods in the Bolivian highlands, which result from the desire to increase short-term crop yields. Researchers conducted a study using […]
- Date of Publication: 2010
- Author(s): L. Gomez; A. Jumpponen; M.A. Gonzales; J. Cusicanqui; C. Valdivia; P. Motavalli; M. Herman; K.A. Garrett
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Breaking through in Lantapan: The incentive-based conservation farming policy
In Bukidnon, Phillipines, scientists, policy makers, and farmers are working together to create a network of support for farmers adopting or investing in sustainable farming systems. […]
- Date of Publication: 2010
- Author(s): J. Labra, Prod.; C. Duque-Pinon, Exec. Prod.
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Research framework for technology network and gendered knowledge analyses
This paper presents a detailed framework for connecting people and turning innovation into the implementation of conservation agriculture (CA) at the smallholder level through the use […]
- Date of Publication: 2010
- Author(s): J. Lamb; K.M. Moore; M.E. Christie
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Global
- Topic: Innovation, Natural Resource Management
Market participation and marketing performance: A case study of Bolivian potato farmers
This presentation describes a case study done in the Bolivian Andes that addresses questions pertaining to market participation and marketing performance. By using surveys and other […]
- Date of Publication: 2010
- Author(s): C. Larochelle; J. Alwang
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
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: Natural Resource Management
Mapping gender networks in Bogor District, West Java: Farmers accessing markets for their agricultural products
In Nanggung, West Java Province, Indonesia, agricultural production is dominated by men while women have little access and control over land, capital, and production inputs. Using […]
- Date of Publication: 2010
- Author(s): M.E. Christie; H. Puspitawati
- Type of Document: Media
Farmers’ stories from Kamuli: Groundnut knowledge, recipes and everyday life
Table of Contents: Acknowledgments Introduction National Association of Women Organisations in Uganda (NAWOU) Women Empowerment Kamuli District Groundnut Information General Aflatoxin Information The Life of a […]
- Date of Publication: 2010
- Author(s): M.E. Christie; P.T. Kyamureku; A. Kaaya
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Gender
Rural roads and trails as a source of sediment: Preliminary results from the Alegre watershed in Eastern Brazil
Extensive networks of unpaved roads and trails often exist in rural areas. These particular routes of transportation can be significant sources of sediment in a tropical […]
- Date of Publication: 2010
- Author(s): M.J. Duff; C.D. Heatwole; M.A.C. Caiado
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Engaging communities in decentralization: Contribution of local institutions in managing Kenyan forests
This paper aims to analyze the role of these community forest associations based on their past experience by evaluating aspects of forest management that communities can […]
- Date of Publication: 2010
- Author(s): J. Mogoi; E. Obonyo; P. Ongugo; V. Oeba; E. Mwangi
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Policy
