Browsing by Author "Boulakia, Stephane"

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  • 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
    Pham, T. S. (ed.); Hauswirth, D. (ed.); Nicetic, O. (ed.); Tivet, F. (ed.); Le Quoc, D. (ed.); Van de Fliert, E. (ed.); Kirchhof, G. (ed.); Boulakia, Stephane; Chabierski, S. (ed.); Husson, O. (ed.); Chabanne, A. (ed.); Boyer, J. (ed.); Autfray, P. (ed.); Lienhard, P. (ed.); Legoupil, J.-C. (ed.); Stevens, M. L. (ed.) (CIRAD, NOMAFSI, University of Queensland, 2012)
    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 proceedings Proceedings from the 3rd International Conference on Conservation Agriculture in Southeast Asia held in Hanoi, Vietnam, 10th-15th December 2012 offer an overview of conservation agriculture in Southeast Asia. Main topics addressed in this volume include (1) Agrarian transitions in the Southeast Asian uplands and highlands; (2) Impacts of agricultural systems on agricultural ecosystem sustainability; (3) Farming and cropping system design to sustainably intensify production; (4) Synergizing concepts of CA and Agroforestry; (5) Potentials and constraints of CA for rural development, and (6) Conditions, strategies, barriers and opportunities for scaling-up CA.
  • Conservation agriculture for food security in Cambodia
    Boulakia, Stephane; Chabierski, Stephane; Hok, Lyda; Kou, P.; Reyes, Manuel R. (2012)
    This presentation reports on work that a SANREM innovation lab research team has conducted in Cambodia. The study sought to: (i.) identify field-and-farm-level conservation agriculture production systems that will minimize smallholder costs and risks while maximizing benefits and (ii) adoption and measure crop yield and biomass from conservation agriculture production systems, and compare them with conventional plow-based systems
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    Conservation Agriculture for Food Security in Cambodia and the Philippines
    Boulakia, Stephane; Hok, Lyda; Phally, K.; Reyes, Manuel R.; Mercado, Agustin R. Jr.; Ella, Victor B.; Edralin, Don Immanuel A. (Greensboro, NC: North Carolina A&T State University, 2012)
    Degraded landscapes are expanding annually in Southeast Asia. Rural poverty in upland communities increases pressure on natural resources like forest, soil and water . These are the last “capital” for the poor and they are rapidly diminishing due to non-sustainable management. Such practices reduce agricultural productivity, which in turn heightens food insecurity and exacerbates poverty.
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    Conservation agriculture for food security in Cambodia and the Philippines
    Reyes, Manuel R.; Mercado, Agustin R. Jr.; Boulakia, Stephane; Ella, Victor B.; Dayo, H. (2011)
    This poster introduces the Long Term Research Activity (LTRA) 12 within the SANREM CRSP program. The objectives of this LTRA are to ensure food security and reverse soil degradation in Southeast Asia (Cambodia and the Philippines) through Conservation Agriculture practices. This research activity will take place throughout Phase IV of the SANREM CRSP, ending in 2014.
  • Conservation agriculture for food security in Cambodia and the Philippines
    Boulakia, Stephane; Mercado, Agustin R. Jr.; Chabierski, Stephane; Ella, Victor B.; Hok, Lyda; Edralin, Don Immanuel A.; Reyes, Manuel R. (2012)
  • Conservation Agriculture for Food Security in the Philippines
    Mercado, Agustin R. Jr.; Ella, Victor B.; Edralin, Don Immanuel A.; Boulakia, Stephane; Reyes, Manuel R. (2012)
  • Conservation Agriculture in Southeast Asia and Beyond
    Mulvaney, Michael J.; Reyes, Manuel R.; Chan-Halbrendt, Catherine; Boulakia, Stephane; Jumpa, K.; Sukvibool, C.; Sombatpanit, Samran (Bangkok, Thailand: Funny Publishing, 2012)
    Conservation agriculture (CA) provides a tool with the potential for smallholder farmers to improve soil fertility and increase production. These proceedings, from the 2nd International Agriculture Workshop and Conference in Southeast Asia, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia July 4-7, 2011, addresses biophysical and socioeconomic questions related to locally-adapted CA practices throughout Southeast Asia and in the rest of the world. The papers and abstracts cover various facets of conservation agriculture, including economic impacts, process of dissemination and adoption, effects on soil quality and yields, and farmer preferences.
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    Creation and adaptation of direct seeding mulch based cropping systems for tropical upland in South-East Asia
    Boulakia, Stephane (2012)
    In South East Asia, soaring demands for agricultural productions lead to increasing pressures on natural resources; soil degradation (erosion, organic matter mineralization, salinisation …), water pollution, forests clearings … call for rapid and deep changes of farming practises.
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    Depletion of soil organic carbon upon intensive tillage and its restoration by Conservation Agriculture Production Systems in Cambodian Agroecosystem: Preliminary results
    Hok, Lyda; Sá, J. C. D. M.; Boulakia, Stephane; Tivet, F.; Reyes, Manuel R.; Briedis, C.; Hartman, D. C.; Ferreira, L. A.; Magno, T.; Kong, R.; Leng, V. (2014)
    Expansion of agricultural land due to rural population growth has exacerbated the growing
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    DMC development in Cambodia: A tool for economic and territory development
    Boulakia, Stephane (2010)
    This presentation calls for a comprehensive plan for future development to protect the natural resources and promote agricultural and rural development in Cambodia. For development to be beneficial, it is important to consider some of the current constraints on the physical conditions. These include soil quality, climate fluctuations, and floods; all of which contribute to market instability and food insecurity. Further, uneven population distribution in Cambodia makes comprehensive planning and natural resource management difficult. However, agriculture is a very important part of the economy and lifestyles of the Cambodian people and the agricultural sector provides 70% of employment in this area. New management techniques and plans are necessary because research has shown that monoculture practices and conventional tillage are resulting in C losses in the soil in many areas. As a solution, this presentation proposes the use of DMC (Direct seeding Mulch based Cropping systems) and explains its three principles: no soil's tillage, soil's permanent plants' cover, and the succession and rotation of species. Additional solutions include the creation of 'biodiversity corridors' in a region of intense agriculture and in between protected areas of Cambodia, as well as buffer areas along rivers. [summary by record creator]
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    Enhancing ecological processes under diversified direct seeding mulch-based cropping systems in Cambodia
    Boulakia, Stephane; Kong, R.; Leng, V.; Sar, V.; Soeurng, K.; Thy, B.; Huot, L.; Nhem, S.; Pheav, S.; Reyes, Manuel R.; Tivet, F.; Séguy, L. (2014)
    minimum soil disturbance, permanent soil cover, diversify crop rotation
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    Gendered dimensions of conservation agriculture in Pichangva Village, Cambodia
    Sumner, Daniel M.; Christie, Maria Elisa; Boulakia, Stephane (2013)
    This presentation describes research on gendered dimensions of conservation agriculture in Pichangva Village, Cambodia through an examination of four research questions:
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    Gendered livelihoods and conservation agriculture: Space, decision-making, and access
    Sumner, Daniel M.; Christie, Maria Elisa; Reyes, Manuel R.; Boulakia, Stephane (2014)
    This poster investigates gender-based constraints and opportunities to the dissemination of
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    A holistic approach of conservation agriculture that unites engineering, research, on-farm demonstration and extension in Cambodia
    Boulakia, Stephane; Kong, R.; Husson, O.; Leng, V.; Sar, V.; Soeurng, K.; Thy, B.; Huot, L.; Nhem, S.; Pheav, S.; Reyes, Manuel R.; Tivet, F.; Séguy, L. (2014)
    This poster describes the Diagnostic, Design, Assessment, Training and Extension (DATE) approach to gaining a holistic understanding of an agricultural system.
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    Potentials and challenges of Conservation Agriculture in the western upland areas of Cambodia. A case study in RattanakMundol, Battambang Province
    Kong, R.; Boulakia, Stephane; Sar, V.; Soeurng, K.; Thy, B.; Leng, V.; Huot, L.; Nhem, S.; Pheav, S.; Reyes, Manuel R.; Tivet, F.; Séguy, L. (2014)
    This poster presents efforts to introduce direct seeding mulch-based cropping systems (DMC) to smallholder subsistence farmers in Rattanak Mundol, Cambodia. It compares corn yields under DMC and conventional practices and identifies potentials and challenges for adoption and scaling up.
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    Recommendation of hybrid corn on mollisols of western upland areas in Cambodia
    Kong, R.; Sar, V.; Soueng, K.; Thy, B.; Boulakia, Stephane; Leng, V.; Huot, L.; Nhem, S.; Pheav, S.; Reyes, Manuel R.; Tivet, F.; Séguy, L. (2014)
    Hybrid of corn are widely grown since early 2000s by smallholders in the western areas of Cambodia. A large number of hybrids are available on the market.