Browsing Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebase by Title
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Back to the barriers? Changing narratives in biodiversity conservation
(Oslo, Norway: NUPI, 2005)The dominant approach to conservation in the 20th century was the establishment of protected areas from which people were excluded. However, in the 1980s, decentralized, community-based approaches to biodiversity conservation ... -
Backlash: Or how to snatch failure from the jaws of success in gender and development
(Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications USA, 2001)The article argues that backlash against women is the result of women's economic achievements. These achievements are often ignored because they occur after the development 'expert' has left the project, and on a family ... -
Bacterial and fungal abundance and biomass in conventional and no-tillage agroecosystems along two climatic gradients
(Elsevier, 1999)This study explores the relationships between tillage method, climate, and microbial community composition, and their effects on soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition rates and nutrient turnover and availability in ... -
Bacterial endophytes of perennial crops for management of plant disease
(Springer, 2013)Bacterial endophytes, microorganisms which inhabit the internal tissues of plants, can suppress disease and are often used as a biological control in annual crops. Less research, however, has been applied to the use of ... -
Bacterial endophytes: Bacillus spp. from annual crops as potential biological control agents of black pod rot of cacao
(Netherlands: Elsevier, 2008)This study examines methods to reduce black pod rot in cacao plants. -
Bakun indigenous people use modern mechanisms for selling environmental services to preserve a traditional way of life without its poverty traps
(2006-10-23)One of the activities that the Bakun people have been involved in, as part of the partnership with IFAD, has been reforestation and agroforestry projects that increase their livelihood opportunities and to protect their ... -
¿Bala de plata u oro de tontos? Una revisión global de mercados para servicios ambientales forestales y sus impactos en la pobreza
(London, UK: International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004)Los enfoques de gestión ambiental basados en la lógica del mercado están en boga. Son seductoras las afirmaciones que aseguran que los mecanismos de mercado pueden incentivar la protección ambiental y promover major ... -
Balancing economic and environmental concerns in the uplands of Vietnam: A continuing challenge
(2001)This paper presents results of a case study of the SANREM's research project and two other UAF case studies in the Central Highland of Vietnam. These studies used similar participatory research approach to generate empirical ... -
Balancing nature, wealth and power through the PEAP revision process
(2004)In this report, the authors argue that the fate of Africa's natural resources cannot be separated from the broader context of economic and development challenges. In addition, the authors state that Africa's economic and ... -
"Bargaining" and gender relations: Within and beyond the household
(Routledge, 1997)This paper presents a set of models to serve as an alternative to the problem of looking at households as a "unitary" concept. The author uses analytical description, a formal model, and empirical analysis in different ... -
Baseline studies: Key findings in Vietnam
(2007)This presentation describes the methodology and key findings done for a baseline study in Vietnam. -
Basic principles and ecological consequences of altered flow regimes for aquatic biodiversity
(New York, NY: Springer-Verlag New York, LLC, 2002)The flow regime is regarded by many aquatic ecologists to be the key driver of river and floodplain wetland ecosystems. We have focused this literature review around four key principles to highlight the important mechanisms ... -
Basic principles of PES
(Blacksburg, VA: SANREM CRSP, OIRED, Virginia Tech; Hyderabad, India: Icfai University Press, 2007)Over the last decade, several schemes have evolved in which those who are seen as providers of useful environmental services receive payments from the service buyers (service beneficiaries or 'users'). Known as Payments ... -
Baticulan watershed
(2007-08-14)The Baticulan watershed in the Philippines began its partnership with a RUPES project presentation at a round-table meeting with the city mayor in Negros Occidental last October. As a result, the participants nominated the ... -
Bayesian adaptive management of ecosystems
(Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier Science B.V., 2005)Frequentist statistics is not well adapted to handling uncertainties inherent in managing natural resources. A frequentist approach typically involves estimating unknown parameters of ecosystem relationships and testing ... -
Behind the Lines of Stone: The Social Impact of a Soil and Water Conservation Project in the Sahel
(OXFAM 1993, 1993)The Projet Agro-Forestier (PAF) in Burkina Faso was set up by Oxfam in 1979 and by 1982 had developed into a large-scale operation involved in helping farmers to conserve, protect and develop their natural-resource potential. ... -
Behind the weather: Why the poor suffer most: Drought and the Sahel
(London, UK: OXFAM, 1984)This document looks at some of the major agricultural changes that have been taking place in the Sahel, and at how these changes have affected the most vulnerable sections of the population. It argues that today's crisis ... -
Benefit-cost analysis of the Farm Improvement with Soil Conservation (FISC) project in Maphutseng, Mohale's Hoek District, Lesotho
(Earthscan Publications, 1990)A benefit-cost analysis of the farm improvement in correlation to the soil conservation project in Lesotho. Lesotho has a large problem with the erodibility of their soils. This project and article are geared towards trying ... -
Bernadino Dumo: Leading by example in Mindanao, the Philippines
(Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn (ASB) Programme, 2002)The ASB Voices series aims to convey for a broad audience the insights and perspectives from people's real-life experiences and challenges in the humid tropics. In doing so, it highlights the implications for the global ...
