Technology networks for conservation agriculture: Kitale, Kenya
This presentation, given in Kitale, Kenya in February 2012 was given as part of a feedback workshop sponsored by the Technology Networks Cross Cutting Research Activity. […]
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): J. Lamb
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Assessment of application timing of Bacillus spp. to supress pre- and postharvest diseases of apple
In response to consumer environmental and health concerns concerning chemical pesticides, more attention has been placed on the development of biological control agents for the mitigation […]
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): A.M. Poleatewich; H.K. Ngugi; P.A. Backman
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Food Security
Detection and Incidence of Pernospora Variabilis in Quinoa Seeds
This poster describes the research undertaken to determine the level of imported quinoa contamination with quinoa downy mildew, caused by Pernospora variabilis, as well as to […]
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): A.M. Testen; P. A. Backman
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Food Security
Detection and expression of enterotoxin genes in endophytic strains of Bacillus cereus
The aim of this study was to determine whether endophytic Bacillus cereus isolates from agronomic crops possessed genes for the nonhaemolytic enterotoxin (Nhe) and haemolysin BL […]
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): R.L. Melnick; A.L. Testen; A.M. Poleatewich; P.A. Backman; B.A. Bailey
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Health and Nutrition
First report of quinoa downy mildew caused by Peronospora variabilis in the United States
First report of finding quinoa downy mildew in the United States. The disease affects quinoa grown in Andean Region
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): A.L. Testen; J.M. McKemy; P.A. Backman
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: US and Canada
- Topic: Food Security
Analysis of Farmer and Extension Agent Preference in Nepal using Analytic Hierarchy Process
Subsistence farmers in Nepal rely on marginal lands that are subject to declining fertility due, in part, to traditional farming practices. These farmers regularly face critical […]
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): B.F. Reed; C. Chan-Halbrendt; J. Halbrendt; C. Lai; T.J.K. Radovich; P. Limbu
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Food Security
Comparative Economic and Gender, Labor Analysis of Conservation Agriculture Practices in Tribal Villages in India
Marginal land use and subsequent natural resource degradation is a common issue among tribal villages in the Kendujhar district of India. In this study, Conservation Agriculture […]
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): C. Lai; C. Chan; J. Halbrendt; L. Shariq; P. Roul; T. Idol; C. Ray; C. Evensen
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Gender, Natural Resource Management
Comparative analysis of farmer and professional preferences towards conservation agriculture practices in Kendujhar, Odisha; an analytical hierarchy process study
This study compares farmer and professional mental perceptions, in the village of Tentuli, India, of their preferences of specific conservation agricultural production systems and objectives as […]
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): C. Lai; C. Chan-Halbrendt; J. Halbrendt; D. Naik; C. Ray
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Asia, US and Canada
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Economic analysis of farm labor and profitability of three tribal villages in Nepal
The Introduction of conservation agriculture practices, such as strip tilling and intercropping with nitrogen-fixing legumes can increase long-term farm profitability and ensure long-term soil productivity. Survey […]
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): B. Reed; C. Chan-Halbrendt; J. Halbrendt; C. Lai; T.J.K. Radovich; P. Limbu
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Food Security
Sustainable Management of Agro-ecological Resources for Tribal Societies (SMARTS): Conservation agriculture-based participatory research in Kendujhar, Orissa.
This presentation highlighted the SMARTS project work in Kendujhar, Orissa, India, and discussed each CAPS treatment as well as the participatory research conducted with farmers in […]
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT)
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Food Security
