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
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Food Security, Natural Resource Management
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
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
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
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
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
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
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
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Gender, Natural Resource Management
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
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Productivity
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
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
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
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
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
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Exporting conservation
Description: Soil degradation represents a major threat to food security, particularly in mountainous regions of Southeast Asia, where rainfall can wash away inches of topsoil. This […]
- Date of Publication: 2012
- Author(s): Not Available
- Type of Document: Newspaper Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management