Connectivity of the American agricultural landscape: Assessing the national risk of crop pest and disease spread
We have developed a new approach for national evaluation of disease and pest risk based on networks of crop plant availability. We are in the process […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): M.L. Margosian; K.A. Garrett; J.M.S. Hutchinson; K.A. With
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: US and Canada
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Decentralization reforms and property rights: Potentials and puzzles for forest sustainability and livelihoods
This presentation provides an overview of the SANREM research regarding decentralization reform and property rights in forest management. Realizing that decentralization reform often falls short of […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): R. Meinzen-Dick; K. Andersson; E. Ostrom
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Policy
Enfermedades de cacao y control biologico con endofitas
Presentation on biological suppression of cacao diseases from Ph.D. dissertation.
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): R. Melnick
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Impact of application of endophytic Bacillus spp. for biocontrol of cacao diseases on native microbial communities
Interest in ecologically-based management of cacao diseases has lead to research on biocontrol. Sixty-nine endophytic Bacillus spp. were isolated from cacao trees escaping disease near Quevedo, […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): R.L. Melnick
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Vegetable agroforestry system: Understanding vegetable-tree interaction is a key to successful enterprise
Coming soon
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): A. Mercado Jr.; C. Duque; M. Palada; M. Reyes
- Type of Document: Not Available
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
AVRDC Genebank accessions finding their niche in vegetable-agroforestry systems
Summary: Several GRSU germplasm accessions from Vietnam, Thailand and Philippines have been evaluated in vegetable agroforestry systems (VAF) in Mindanao. VAF with suitable trees and vegetables […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): A.R. Mercado; E. Javier
- Type of Document: Not Available
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Farmers and traders select AVRDC tomato lines for Northern Mindanao, Philippines
Summary: Three open-pollinated tomato lines have been selected to offer farmers disease resistance and reduced costs from saving seeds instead of buying them each season. (extracted […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): A.R. Mercado; E. Javier
- Type of Document: Not Available
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Semi-annual report: Vegetable agroforestry – Technology
The second round of experiment on the Effect of Cover Crop (Arachis pintoi) and Drip Irrigation on 5 Commercial Vegetables was conducted in February 2009. These […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): A. Mercado, Jr.; C. Duque; M. Palada; M. Reyes
- Type of Document: Project Document
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD): An options assessment report
This report assesses several important considerations for a future REDD mechanism within the UNFCCC, and strives to clarify and inform some of the critical choices that […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): Meridian Institute
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Landscape systems framework for adaptive management
This chapter introduces landscape systems and why they are effective as a framework for understanding multiple systems across various scales. Landscape systems are helpful when observing […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): K.M. Moore
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
