CCRA-9: Soil Quality and Carbon Sequestration
The goal of this project is to determine if dryland smallholders in the developing world can increase soil organic carbon, and hence soil fertility, by adopting […]
- Start Date: 2009
- End Date: 2014
- Project Code: CCRA-9
- Lead University: Virginia Tech
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
SANREM CRSP Annual Report 2009
Contains an Overview of activities undertaken by the SANREM CRSP in 2009.
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): SANREM CRSP
- Type of Document: Annual Report
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Building innovation systems for managing complex landscapes
This chapter provides tools for development practitioners to successfully facilitate social learning situations that can lead to innovation in landscape management. These innovation systems will help […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): L.E. Buck; S.J. Scherr
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Innovation
Conservation agriculture and ecosystem services
Outline: Characteristics of conservation agriculture (CA) Impacts of CA What are ecosystem services? Potential ecosystem services impacts of CA
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): T. Dillaha
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Developing conservation agriculture production systems: An analysis of local networks
Abstract: Conservation agriculture (CA) has been trumpeted as the solution for reducing soil degradation and increasing agricultural productivity around the world. Some farmland settings, such as […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): S. Swenson; K.M. Moore
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Global
- Topic: Capacity Building, Innovation, Natural Resource Management
Ecosystems and ecosystem-based management
This chapter explains the importance and complexity of ecosystems in a landscape system. The ecosystem level of management integrates activities at the field, farm, and watershed […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): C.A. Haas; E.A. Frimpong; S.M. Karpanty
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Fighting poverty with paintings and potatoes
The celebrate the International year of the Potato, renowned Bolivian artist Roberto Mamani-Mamani created a series of paintings titled, “Potato: An Andean treasure.” The pictures are […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): D. Estrada
- Type of Document: Newspaper Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Innovation
Governance of landscape systems: A dinner party approach
This chapter creates an extended metaphor comparing the governance of landscape systems to a dinner party. Common themes of both of these include collaboration, proper etiquette, […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): C.B. Flora; A. Thiboumery
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
SANREM knowledgebase metadata guide: Version 4
This document describes the purpose, Content, and format of the metadata that defines the Contents of the SANREM Knowledgebase. The SANREM Knowledgebase (SKB) is a catalog […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): C.B. Heatwole Shenk; J.N. Lamb with C.D Heatwole; M. Obenhaus
- Type of Document: Project Document
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Sustainable agriculture and natural resource management in farm enterprise systems
This chapter describes the farm enterprise system. The farm enterprise system involves the consumption, sales, and investment of farm resources, but recognizes the economic, institutional, and […]
- Date of Publication: 2009
- Author(s): P. Wyeth
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
