Conference in Indonesia highlights how biodiversity plays key role in successful sustainable agriculture programs

The IPM CRSP conference in Indonesia featured in a Virginia Tech News story.

• Date of Publication: 5/22/2013
• Author(s): Melissa Smith
• Type of Document: Newspaper Article

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Natural Resource Management

Penn State Partnership Stimulates New Pest Technology Business in South Asia

Ed Rajotte, co-PI for the South Asia program, on his program’s work to develop pest management tactics for vegetable farmers in that region.

• Date of Publication: 5/10/2013
• Author(s): Not Available
• Type of Document: Newspaper Article

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Food Security

Climate Change and Other Factors Degrade Nepalese Livestock Systems

Abstract: Climate change, along with other factors, such as deforestation and land-use changes, threaten to degrade the health of mixed farming systems in Nepal. For the […]

• Date of Publication: May 2013
• Author(s): Durga D Poudel
• Type of Document: Research Brief

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Climate Change

Gautam, Sarita

• Start Date: 2013/01/12
• End Date: 2013/06/13
• University: Tribhuvan University
• Degree: MS

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Natural Resource Management

Dhakal, Suman

• Start Date: 2013/01/11
• End Date: 2013/06/13
• University: Tribhuvan University
• Degree: MS

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Natural Resource Management

Highlighting mental perception gaps between professional and farm of three conservation agricultural treatments: A focus on tribal villages of Kendjuhar, India and the Himalayan foothills of Nepal

Powerpoint presentation. ABSTRACT: The dissemination of information from professional to farmer regarding new and innovative agricultural practices has never been so important. With increasing global pressures […]

• Date of Publication: 2013
• Author(s): C. Lai; C. Chan-Halbrendt; J. Halbrendt; C. Ray; D. Naik
• Type of Document: Media

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Natural Resource Management

Using multiple objective linear programming and economic surplus analysis to predict the economic impact of CA adoption: A case study in Odisha, India

Powerpoint presentation. ABSTRACT: Conservation agriculture (CA) has proven to be effective at reducing the negative environmental impacts of farming and increasing sustainable agriculture production. For this […]

• Date of Publication: 2013
• Author(s): B. Reed; C. Chan-Halbrendt; J. Habrendt; P.K. Roul
• Type of Document: Media

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Natural Resource Management

Enhancing the food, health and nutritional security through improving livestock and agriculture farming system in Nepal

Poster presented at the Nutrition Innovation Lab 2nd Annual Scientific Symposium, held August 13th and 14th, 2013 at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD.

• Date of Publication: 2013
• Author(s): Tara Nath Gaire
• Type of Document: Media

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Health and Nutrition

IPM CRSP Trip Report: India 25 January – 3rd February 2013, Boubacar Drame

Coming soon

• Date of Publication: 2013
• Author(s): Boubacar Drame
• Type of Document: Project Document

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Food Security

IPM CRSP Trip Report: India 25 January – 3rd February 2013, Mr. Michael Kwabena Osei

Coming soon

• Date of Publication: 2013
• Author(s): Michael Kwabena Osei
• Type of Document: Project Document

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Food Security