Segunda fase del programa SANREM-CRSP en Bolivia
Description: This publication provides a short summary of conservation agriculture experiments and findings in Tiraque, Bolivia through the Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Collaborative Research […]
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): P. Mamani; K. Saavedra; E. Gonzales; J. Alwang
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
The role of risk mitigation in production efficiency: A case study of potato cultivation in the Bolivian Andes
Description: We quantify the costs of two different kinds of field level diversification in terms of efficiency losses and yield forgone. Efficiency falls as the number […]
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): C. Larochelle; J. Alwang
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Productivity
Women Rule: Potato Markets, Cellular Phones and Access to Information in the Bolivian Highlands
Description: In highland Bolivia, potato markets are widespread, and access to market information has entered the digital age. Information networks lubricated by ubiquitous cellular technologies are […]
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): N. Amaya; J. Alwang
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Gender, Markets
Social networks and agricultural production knowledge: Findings from the Mt. Elgon Region (Kenya and Uganda)
Description: Technological change leading to sustained smallholder innovation in conservation agriculture (CA) involves more than just the introduction of new practices by a transforming agent (extension […]
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): K.M. Moore; J.N. Lamb; R. Laker-Ojok; D.N. Sikuku; D.S. Ashilenge; J. Norton
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Productivity
A First Look at Maize Markets and Demographics among Conservation Agriculture Adopters and Non Adopters in Mozambique
Description: Mozambique has 1.4 million hectares of arable land suitable for producing maize. Average yields are low (920 kg/ha in 2008 (FAOSTAT). The livelihoods of most […]
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): W.E. McNair; D.M. Lambert; M.D. Wilcox; N. Eash; C. Thierfelder
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management
Conservation Agriculture in Lesotho: Residue Use Patterns Among CA adopters vs. Non-Adopters
Poster. Description: Recent efforts by the Government of Lesotho, non-government organizations (NGOs), and international attention have focused on developing conservation agriculture (CA) practices adapted to the […]
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): E. Bisangwa; M.D. Wilcox; D.M. Lambert; M. Marake; F.R. Walker; N. Eash; K. Moore; W.M. Park
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Conservation agriculture in Lesotho: The drivers of adoption and the role of extension
Poster. Description: Recent efforts by the Government of Lesotho, non-government organizations (NGOs), and international attention have focused on developing conservation agriculture (CA) practices adapted to the […]
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): E. Bisangwa; M.D Wilcox; D.M Lambert; M.Marake; F.R. Walker; N. Eash; W.M. Park
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Small-holder Adoption of Conservation Agriculture in Lesotho and Mozambique
ABSTRACT: Conservation Agriculture (CA) has been practiced for three decades and is extensively adopted by large scale commercial farmers in the Americas and Australia and to […]
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): N. Eash; D.M. Lambert; M. Marake; C. Thierfelder; F.R. Walker; M.D. Wilcox
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Smallholders, Sustainability and Food Security: Conservation Agriculture in a Developing Country Context
Powerpoint presentation. Description: Conservation agriculture (CA), with its main tenets of 1) minimizing soil disturbance, 2) maintaining residue on soil surface and 3) mixing/rotating crops has […]
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): M.D. Wilcox; E. Bisangwa; D.M. Lambert; N. Eash; F.R. Walker; M. Marake
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security, Natural Resource Management
Agricultural Actors, Networks and Mind-sets: Discovering the predisposition for CAPS in the Mt Elgon region of Uganda and Kenya
Description: Scaling up conservation agriculture production systems (CAPS) for smallholders requires facilitating a change in mindset within a supporting network of agricultural production partners. Entering into […]
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): K.M. Moore; J. N. Lamb; R. Laker-Ojok; J. Nyachwo; D. N. Sikuku; D.S. Ashilenje; E. J. Mukhwana; B. Bashaasha; J. Norton
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
