Publications

Using fuzzy cognitive mapping to understand farmers’ perception of sustainable agricultural practices for enhanced food security in Nepal

Poster. Description: With the world population having reached unprecedented levels, the need for improved food security and sustainable agricultural practices has become all the more pressing. […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): J. Halbrendt; S. Gray; S. Crow; L. Shariq; B.B. Tamang
  • Type of Document: Media

Water stable aggregate field toolkit

This video shows how, using a field kit developed by the University of Hawaii Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, water stable aggregates can be […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): S. Crow; M. Panzella
  • Type of Document: Media

Analysis of TDR-measured soil moisture retention and soil organic matter variability under conservation agriculture production systems in Claveria, Misamis Oriental

Powerpoint presentation. Description: By utilizing the principles of minimum soil disturbance, continuous mulch cover and Diverse species rotations; conservation aims to revitalize soil properties sustainably. Conservation […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): V.B. Ella; M.R. Reyes; A. Mercado, Jr
  • Type of Document: Media

Material substrates for vermiculture

Poster. Description: Organic agriculture is strongly promoted under the Organic Agriculture Act of 2010. It includes all agricultural systems that promote the ecologically sound, socially acceptable, […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): A.R. Mercado Jr.; C. Dorahy
  • Type of Document: Media

A mixed methods approach to studying gender and conservation agriculture in the Philippines

Powerpoint presentation. Description: This is a presentation of fieldwork methodologies conducted in a smallholder farming community in the Philippines. It reviews the mixed method approach including […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): M. Harman; M.E. Christie; I. Bagares
  • Type of Document: Media

Agronomic performance of tomato to the different vermiccast types and rates

Poster. Description: Vermicomposting is an affordable rapid method of processing organic waste with the help of the African night crawler earthworms and turn it into a […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): AR Mercado Jr.; N. Gonzaga; E. Jayson; S. Ellacer
  • Type of Document: Media

Conservation Agriculture and Sustainable Upland Livelihoods. Innovations for, with and by Farmers to Adapt to Local and Global Changes – Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Conservation Agriculture in Southeast Asia

Conservation agriculture, a system of reduced tillage, cover cropping, and intercropping, holds potential as a sustainable, resilient method of increasing yields while improving soil conditions. These […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): D. Hauswirth; T.S. Pham; O. Nicetic; F. Tivet; D. Le Quoc; E. Van de Fliert; G. Kirchhof; S. Boulakia; S. Chabierski; O. Husson; A. Chabanne; J. Boyer; P. Autfray; P. Lienhard; J.-C. Legoupil; M.L. Stevens
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

Conservation agriculture in urban deserts

Powerpoint presentation. ABSTRACT: Limited access to nutritious and affordable food is experienced by 23 million people in the US as they live in ‘food desserts’ making […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): D.I.A. Edralin; L. Hok; K. LeNgoc; M. Williams; G. Gayle; C. Raczkowski; M.R. Reyes
  • Type of Document: Media

Creation and adaptation of direct seeding mulch based cropping systems for tropical upland in South-East Asia

Powerpoint presentation. ABSTRACT: In South East Asia, soaring demands for agricultural productions lead to increasing pressures on natural resources; soil degradation (erosion, organic matter mineralization, salinisation

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): S. Boulakia
  • Type of Document: Media

Developing conservation agriculture production systems for sloping acid upland in the Philippines

Poster. ABSTRACT: Degraded landscapes are expanding rapidly in the Philippines. Agricultural productivity is decreased which in turn heightens food insecurity and exacerbates poverty particularly on the […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): A.R. Mercado Jr.; G. Arcinal; D.I. Edralin; V. Ella; M. Reyes
  • Type of Document: Media