Watershed-based natural resource management in small-scale agriculture: Sloped areas of the Andean region
This presentation summarizes the long term research activities of the SANREM project “Watershed-based NRM for Small-scale Agriculture” from 2004-2009. Research findings highlight the role of national […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): J. Alwang
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) Global Applications
Summary: SWAT,the Soil and Water Assessment Tool is a river basin, or watershed, scale model developed to predict the impact of land management practices on water, […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): J. Arnold; R. Srinivasan; S. Neitsch; C. George; K. Abbaspour; F.H. Hao; A. van Griensven; A. Gosain; P. Debels; N.W. Kim; H. Somura; V.B. Ella; L. Leon; A. Jintrawet; M. Reyes; S. Sombatpanit (eds.)
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Climate Change and COMACO
Contents: Carbon Markets Overview Climate Change Realities What is a Carbon Credit CDM v. Voluntary Markets Kyoto Protocol Market (Mandatory Market) CDM Offset Process CDM issues […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): J. Fay
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management
Fostering Adaptive Capacity
Adapting to Change in the Andean Highlands: Practices and Strategies to Address Climate and Market Risks in Vulnerable Agro-ecosystems (SANREM CRSP LTRA 4) focus is to […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): J. Gilles; C. Valdivia
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Evaluacion agroeconomica de cinco cultivos alternativos para la zona alta de provincial tiraque, Cochabamba, Bolivia
This undergraduate honor’s thesis evaluates five crops in terms of their feasibility in SANREM project area. The project is looking for alternatives to potato-pasture rotations. Oats […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): J.C. Claros Zeballos
- Type of Document: Thesis or Dissertation
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Can forest sector devolution improve rural livelihoods? An analysis of forest income and institutions in western Uganda
Abstract: Forest sector devolution is widely promoted throughout the low income tropics as a policy that leads to poverty reduction. However, there is a dearth of […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): P. Jagger
- Type of Document: Thesis or Dissertation
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Policy
Dinamica poblacional de la polilla de la papa (Phthorimaea operculella Z.)
Este poster presenta los resultados de una encuesta e investigacion tecnica en las comunidades de Vinto Coopani y Kellhuiri. El estudio pretendio estudiar la dinamica poblacional […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): C. Jarandilla; M.A. Gonzales
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Dinamica poblacional del gorgojo de los Andes (Premnotrypes spp y Rhigopsidius piercei)
Este poster muestra los resultados de un estudio que tuvo como objetivos estudiar la dinamica poblacional del gorgojo de los Andes durante el desarrollo del cultivo […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): C. Jarandilla; M.A. Gonzales
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Market integration: The challenge of climate change
This article analyzes the effect of adaptive small-scale agricultural strategies in the Bolivian Altiplano region on local diet, market integration, and economic welfare. Farmers in this […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): E. Jimenez; C. Valdivia
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Conservation agriculture in developing countries
Conservation agriculture (CA) aims to achieve sustainable and profitable agriculture and improve the livelihoods of farmers through the application of the three CA principles: minimal soil […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): J. Kienzle
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management