Annual Report for the Soil Science Group 2007-2008
Conservation Farming (CF) in Zambia (often also called Conservation Agriculture (CA)) involves several key practices: dry-season land preparation using minimum tillage systems using a small basin […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): L. Gatere
- Type of Document: Project Document
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management
Aplicacion de abonos organicos e inorganicos en el cultivo de la papa (Solanum tuberosum L.) en suelos del Altiplano central Boliviano
El presente estudio se llevo a cabo, en comunidades del municipio de Umala (Vinto Coopani, Kellhuiri, San Juan Circa y San Jose), ubicada en la provincia […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): J. Sipe; B. Condori; M.A. Gonzales; P. Motavalli
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Applied biodiversity science: Managing emerging diseases in agriculture and linked natural systems using ecological principles
Abstract: Pathogen reproduction tends to be host-frequency dependent, so that disease may be more problematic when particular crop species or genotypes are very common. Nonetheless, production […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): K.A. Garrett; C.M. Cox
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Assessing and managing soil quality for sustainable agricultural system
Soil quality assessment is a process by which soil resources are evaluated on the basis of soil function. Soil organic matter (SOM) is one of the […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): P.P. Motavalli; B. Jintaridth; J. Lehmann; K.W. Goyne; J. Gilles
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
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
Assessing soil quality for sustainable agricultural systems in tropical countries using spectroscopic methods
Identifying and developing appropriate methods to quantify and assess changes in soil quality are essential for evaluating the extent of soil degradation and the effectiveness of […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): B. Jintaridth; P.P. Motavalli; K.W. Goyne; R.J. Kremer
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Assessment of interpolation methods for refining SRTM and DEM
ABSRTACT: Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) DEM is widely used in analyzing topography of developing countries because it is freely available. But due to its coarse […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): Y. Her; C.D. Heatwole
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: US and Canada
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Asymmetric information and contract design for payments for environmental services
This article addresses the informational rents that are created in payments for environmental services (PES) contracts by asymmetric information between landowners and conservation buyers. Three options […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): P.J. Ferraro
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Avances en las capacidades de respuesta al cambio climatico
This presentation reports on the progress of the different activities in Ulama, Bolivia under the SANREM CRSP LTR-4 objectives. Specifically, the presentation discusses present agricultural practices […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): M.A. Gonzalez; C. Chambilla; C. Jarandilla; B. Baltazar; C. Cladera; J. Sipe; V. Vera
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
