Findings and challenges: Can vegetables be productive under tree shade management in West Java?
Abstract: Farmers in Nanggung, West Java traditionally cultivate vegetables under full sunlight. There is opportunity to expand vegetable production in the understory of agroforestry system, but […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): G. Manurung; A.D. Susila; J. Roshetko; M.C. Palada
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Studies on the suppression of cacao diseases with Ecuadorian endophytic Bacillus spp.
Powerpoint presentation on cacao disease supression research in Ecuador
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): R. Melnick
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Field evaluation of endophytes for management of witches’ broom on cacao
This Penn State study examines the effectiveness of endophytic bacteria on cacoa trees as a biocontrol agent for witches’ broom. The study involved field trials on […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): R. Melnick; A. Poleatewich
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Bacterial endophytes: Bacillus spp. from annual crops as potential biological control agents of black pod rot of cacao
This study examines methods to reduce black pod rot in cacao plants.
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): R.L. Melnick; N.K. Zidack; B.A. Bailey; S.N. Maximova; M. Guiltinan; P.A. Backman
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Can vegetables be more productive under tree based systems?
This presentation discusses research on the potential of integrating tree crops into vegetable crop systems in Southeast Asia, working from the hypothesis that “in intensive vegetable […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): A. Mercado Jr.
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Vegetable-agroforestry (VAF) system: Understanding vegetable-tree interaction is a key to successful farming enterprise
Abstract: Intercropping vegetable under tree-based system is becoming popular practice in the uplands. Little information is available on the potentials of different vegetables species under tree-based […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): A.R. Mercado, Jr.; G. Arcinal; C. Duque; M. Palada; M. Reyes
- Type of Document: Project Document
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Networks for markets
This brief presentation, delivered at the SANREM Annual Meeting Gender Workshop in 2008, was used to facilitate a discussion of how network analysis can be used […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): K.M. Moore
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Collaborative research and education for sustainable agriculture in developing countries
Abstract: The Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP) is one of nine programs designed in the context of Title XII […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): K.M. Moore
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Network framing of pest management knowledge and practice
This article explains how networks between researchers, extension agents, and farmers can help transfer technology and interconnect people in such a way that promotes the universal […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): K.M. Moore
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Evaluacion de la perdida del suelo por erosion hidrica de tres sistemas de produccion en la microcuenca de la quebrada Chilcapamba, Canton Chillanes, Porvincia Bolivar
This thesis examines the impact on soil erosion of a variety of soil erosion reduction practices. These include: live barriers, deviation ditches, contour planting and cultural […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): E.E.C. Morocho
- Type of Document: Thesis or Dissertation
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management