Sustainable Agriculture & Natural Resource Management (SANREM)

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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