Browsing Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebase by Title
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C Far Project: Opportunities and constraints to using seasonal precipitation forecasting to improve agricultural production systems and livelihood security in the Sahel-Sudan Region: A case study of Burkina Faso
(1998)This 3-year, multi-disciplinary research project, which started in June 1997, aims to better understand how regional and national institutions, and farm families in the semi-arid Sahel-Sudan Region of West Africa can use ... -
CA2Africa: Conservation Agriculture in Africa - Analysing and FoReseeing its Impact - Comprehending its Adoption
(CA2Africa, 2011)This website provides an overview of CA2Africa, a consortium of international partners (CIRAD, TSBF-CIAT, ZALF, ACT, ICARDA, INERA, CIMMYT, INRA, CSIC, WU) geared towards evaluating the impact and constraints to the adoption ... -
CA2Africa: Conservation Agriculture in Africa - Analysing and FoReseeing its Impact - Comprehending its Adoption Newsletter No. 2
(CA2Africa, 2011)CA2Africa is a 30-month project between African, European, and international partners dedicated to assessing the impact of Conservation Agriculture (CA) on the livelihoods of small farmers in Africa. This newsletter provides ... -
Cadastral politics: The making of community-based resource management in Zimbabwe and Mozambique
(Institute of Social Studies, 2001)Projects promoting community-based management of natural resources frequently encourage local smallholders to share flora, fauna, or land forms with state agencies and/or private companies. Ideals of common property and ... -
Cambio Climatico: Indicadores, estrategias de vida y eficiencia en su prediccion en las comunidades de Santa Maria y Apopata, Puno.
(2008)This brief presentation reports the results of SANREM CRSP LTR-4 project work in communities of Apopata and Santa Maria in Peru to study the presence of climate change and adaptive strategies made by local people. The ... -
Cambio Climático y Adaptación: Rol de la ganadería en las estrategias de vida en los Andes
(2008)This presentation discussed the role of livestock in the Andes in the context of climate change. The multiple roles of livestock and the diverse characteristics of livelihood strategies are presented. The focus of the ... -
Cambio climático, diversidad de papa y conocimiento local en el Altiplano boliviano
(2009)Este recurso explica las enlaces entre conocimiento local y la bioversidad de la papa en el Altiplano boliviano y cambio climatico. Estudios pasados han revelado la amenaza de cambio climatico a la biodiversidad del ... -
Cambodia's Central Cardamom Mountain conservation concession
(2007-05-15)Conservation International is considering a conservation concession with local residents around the proposed Cardamom Mountains protected area to reduce hunting of tigers and forest elephants. The contract under consideration ... -
Cambodia: Paying local people to protect crane nests
(2007-12-05)The WCS Office in Cambodia, at Preah Vihear has implemented a scheme of direct incentives for waterbird conservation as part of the overall conservation program of WCS Cambodia. Preah Vihear is globally important for its ... -
Cameroon timber concessions
(2007-06-18)The government of Cameroon recently set aside an area of timber concessions between the Boumba-Bek and Dja Reserves, to be occupied by profitable conservation uses. CI is investigating the potential for a conservation ... -
CAMPFIRE and payments for environmental services
(London: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), 2006)There has been increasing support in recent years for the use of payments for environmental services (PES) as a means to advance the goals of both poverty reduction and conservation. Payments for Environmental Services are ... -
Can carbon sequestration markets benefit low-income producers in semi-arid Africa? Potentials and challenges
(Elsevier Ltd, 2007)This article describes the framework for carbon sequestration markets provided by the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The CDM permits countries that are exceeding their permissible carbon emissions to ... -
Can conservation agriculture improve soil quality and sequester carbon in the short term for dryland smallholders in the developing world?
(2011)The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Management (SANREM) Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP) seeks to determine the effects of ... -
Can conservation agriculture improve soil quality and sequester carbon in the short term for dryland smallholders in the developing world?
(Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 2011)This article provides an overview of the Soils Cross-Cutting Research Activity (CCRA) within the Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Collaborative Research Support Program (SANREM CRSP). Through the ... -
Can forest sector devolution improve rural livelihoods? An analysis of forest income and institutions in western Uganda
(Bloomington, IN: Indiana University, 2009)Forest sector devolution is widely promoted throughout the low income tropics as a -
Can income programs reduce tropical forest pressure? Income shocks and forest use in Malawi
(2005)Seasonal household data from Malawi are used to study links between income shocks and forest use. A Tobit model is estimated to examine whether household forest use responds to receipt of a positive income shock (delivered ... -
Can payments for environmental services help reduce poverty? An exploration of the issues and the evidence to date in Latin America
(Elsevier, 2005)This paper examines the main ways in which Payments for Environmental Services (PES) might affect poverty. PES may reduce poverty mainly by making payments to poor natural resource managers in upper watersheds. The extent ... -
Can programs of payments for environmental services help preserve wildlife?
(2003)This presentation explains the concept of payments for environmental services (PES) and gives examples of already-implemented PES initiatives. Developing a PES project requires (1) understanding the science and economics ... -
Can residual effects of green manure cover crops (GMCC) solve N fertilizer challenges in conservation agriculture (CA) systems of Southern Africa?
(2012)This poster was presented on October 22nd, 2012 in Cincinnati, Ohio. This poster contained information on the lack of accessible fertilizer in Southern Africa. Means of alternative fertilizers is important in order to ...
