Publications

Assessing conservation agricultural production systems (CAPS) for small holder farmers in rain-fed farming system in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)

Poster. Description: The challenge of sufficient food production by farmers in rainfed farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa is exacerbated by soil degradation and poor soil nutrient […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): Nambozo; J.M. Okeyo; J. Odhiambo; M. Owori; P. Oluko; P. Ogonga
  • Type of Document: Media

Farmer Co- designed strategies to reduce post-harvest residue removal for household use and restore soil fertility

Poster. Description: Soil resource depletion and land degradation are key contributing factors to food insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Novel conservation agriculture practices (CAP) encourage smallholder […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): E. Anders; U. Norton
  • Type of Document: Media

Innovation networks and social contagion in East Africa

Poster. ABSTRACT: This study seeks to understand the pathway by which new technology and the associated knowledge passes through community networks in western Kenya and eastern […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): J. Gunter; C. Rivers; S. Eubank; K.M. Moore; C. Kuhlman; J.N. Lamb; J. Norton; E. Omondi; R.L. Ojok; D.N. Sikuku; D. Ashilenje; J. Odera
  • Type of Document: Media

Social network analysis for strengthening conservation agriculture participatory research: A closer look at collaboration in the Mount Elgon Region of Kenya and Uganda

Poster. Description: The poster presents social network analysis as a method to support collaboration in the participatory research process to design strategies to scale up conservation […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): J.N. Lamb; K.M. Moore; J. Norton; E. Omondi; R.L. Ojok; D.N.Sikuku; D. Ashilenje; J. Odera
  • Type of Document: Media

A comparative study of conservation agriculture production systems (CAPS) for tribal people of Odisha, India

Poster. Description: Tribal farming in Kendujhar district of Odisha, India is primarily based on traditional shifting cultivation which is becoming unsustainable – resulting in natural resources […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): A. Pradhan; J. Halbrendt; C. Lai; T. Idol; C. Chan-Halbrendt; C. Evenson; C. Ray; P.K. Roul; K.N. Mishra
  • Type of Document: Media

Analysis of farmer and extension agent preference in Nepal using Analytic Hierarchy Process

Poster. Description: Subsistence farmers in Nepal rely on marginal lands that are subject to declining fertility due, in part, to traditional farming practices. These farmers regularly […]

  • 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

Comparative Economic and Gender, Labor Analysis of Conservation Agriculture Practices in Tribal Villages in India

Description: 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 […]

  • 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

Comparative analysis of farmer and professional preferences towards conservation agriculture practices in Kendujhar, Odisha; an analytical hierarchy process study

Description: 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 […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): C. Lai; C. Chan-Halbrendt; J. Halbrendt; D. Naik; C. Ray
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

Conservation Agriculture in Southeast Asia and Beyond

Abstract: Conservation agriculture (CA) provides a tool with the potential for smallholder farmers to improve soil fertility and increase production. These proceedings, from the 2nd International […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): M.J. Mulvaney; M. R. Reyes; C. Chan-Halbrendt; S. Boulakia; K Jumpa; C. Sukvibool; S. Sombatpanit
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Conservation agriculture & soil health: The US perspective

Powerpoint presentation. Description: The purpose of this presentation was to give a history and current status of soil conservation and conservation agriculture. It discusses soil quality […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): T. Idol
  • Type of Document: Media