Byrne, Megan

• Start Date: 2009/08/01
• End Date: 2011/05/01
• University: Virginia Tech
• Degree: MS

• Region: US and Canada
• Topic: Policy

Harri, Leah

• Start Date: 2009/08/01
• End Date: 2011/08/01
• University: Virginia Tech
• Degree: MS

• Region: US and Canada
• Topic: Markets

CCRA-6: Economic Analysis and Impact

The economic challenges to CAPS adoption are among the most formidable obstacles that will confront LTRAs and their collaborating host-country partners. While the benefits to participating […]

• Start Date: 2009
• End Date: 2014
• Project Code: CCRA-6
• Lead University: Virginia Tech

• Region: Global
• Topic: Natural Resource Management

CCRA-7: Gendered Perspectives for Conservation Agriculture

Understanding local knowledge, beliefs, and perceptions of soils–both women and men’s–is one of several essential components for potential adoption of CAPS. Women possess specialized agricultural knowledge […]

• Start Date: 2009
• End Date: 2014
• Project Code: CCRA-7
• Lead University: Virginia Tech

• Region: Global
• Topic: Gender, Natural Resource Management

CCRA-8: Technology Networks

No case of CAPS adoption has occurred without the mobilization of multiple partners. The goal of this project is to determine factors facilitating innovation and scaling […]

• Start Date: 2009
• End Date: 2014
• Project Code: CCRA-8
• Lead University: Virginia Tech

• Region: Global
• Topic: Gender, Innovation

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

LTRA-6: A CAPS program for the Central Plateau of Haiti

After decades of violent conflict and political upheaval, Haiti’s agricultural sector is unable to produce enough food for the nation’s population of nearly 9 million. The […]

• Start Date: 2009
• End Date: 2014
• Project Code: LTRA-6
• Lead University: Virginia Tech

• Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
• Topic: Capacity Building, Natural Resource Management, Productivity

LTRA-7: Pathways to CAPS in the Andes

Rural populations in the Andean region of South America are frequently dependent on a single food crop

• Start Date: 2009
• End Date: 2014
• Project Code: LTRA-7
• Lead University: Virginia Tech

• Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
• Topic: Capacity Building, Natural Resource Management

Integrated Pest Management: Science for Agricultural Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean

This program addresses pest management issues for selected seasonal and perennial crops. It includes heterogeneous island, coastal, and mountainous ecosystems with highly diverse human societies. In […]

• Start Date: 2009
• End Date: 2014
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: Virginia Tech

• Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
• Topic: Productivity

West African Regional Consortium for IPM Excellence

Vegetables are a critical source of nutrition and an important cash crop in West Africa. Vegetable crop production in West Africa is subject to constraints including […]

• Start Date: 2009
• End Date: 2014
• Project Code: Not Available
• Lead University: Virginia Tech

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Food Security, Health and Nutrition