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The Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebase is a collection of information resources (books, reports, journal articles, videos, movies, presentations) produced or identified, classified, and summarized by SANREM researchers. This collection provides direct access or links to resources relevant to sustainable agriculture and natural resource management. - http://www.oired.vt.edu/sanremcrsp/professionals/knowledgebase/
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- Assessment of experience gained in collaborative management of a protected area: Mount Elgon National Park, UgandaHinchley, D. (Rome: FAO, 2000)This case study looks at the application of community forestry principles to the management of a protected area, Mount Elgon National Park in Uganda. Collaborative forest management began in Mount Elgon National Park in 1996 with the support of the Mount Elgon Conservation and Development Project and the World Conservation Union (IUCN), which had been working with Mount Elgon National Park and other partner institutions since 1988. The project was started in response to widespread degradation of the (then) Mount Elgon Forest Reserve in the 1970s and 1980s during the period of war and instability in Uganda. Over 25 000 ha of the forest reserve were heavily degraded through encroachment for agriculture and there was widespread uncontrolled use of a wide range of forest resources. Collaborative management was proposed as an approach for dealing with the management problems of the forest reserve in 1993. When the reserve was converted to a national park in 1993, the new management authority (the Uganda Wildlife Authority) accepted this proposal and supported the piloting of collaborative management in two parishes. Two collaborative management agreements were negotiated during 1994 and 1995 and signed in 1996. Since then, work has continued to review and revise these agreements and to expand them to other areas around the park. This experience has provided a range of lessons about the implementation of collaborative forest management in a protected area. These include lessons about institutional arrangements, investigation and negotiation processes, community structures and administrative arrangements, and training and capacity-building needs of the implementing institutions.
- Effect of conservation agriculture on maize-based farming system in the mid-hills of NepalPaudel, Bikash; Radovich, Theodore J. K.; Chan-Halbrendt, Catherine; Crow, Susan; Tamang, Bishal B.; Halbrendt, Jacqueline; Thapa, Keshab (2014)Conservation agriculture (CA) systems composed of intercropping and strip tillage practices were evaluated on marginalized maize-based farming system in hill region of Nepal. On-farm experimental trials were conducted on the field of 25 smallholder farmers in three villages of central mid-hill region. Results indicated that although CA systems did not increase crop yields; higher return and revenue were generated due to increased number of crop harvests and higher price of the cash crops used in intercropping. Therefore, it was concluded that smallholder farmers should adopt CA system for increasing return and improving sustainability of the farming system.
- Impact of Maize-based conservation agriculture system on soil properties in North Central Plateau Zone of OdishaNabanita, B.; Nayak, R. K.; Mishra, K. N.; Roul, Pravat K.; Dash, S. N.; Behera, M. M.; Chan-Halbrendt, Catherine; Idol, T. W. (Bhubaneswar, India: Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), 2012)The North Central Plateau zone of Odisha has an undulating topography and under high rainfall zone of the state. The soils of this area are subjected to various kinds of soil degradation. The farmers of this zone are traditionally growing maize as the only rainfed crop. Conservation agriculture practice involving minimum tillage, legume based intercropping and a follow up cover crop has been thought of as the best possible long term solution for this region to maintain the natural resources and environmental quality. To study the impact of maize based cropping system with cover crops under conventional and minimum tillage practices, a field experiment was conducted on the loamy soils of Regional Research and Technology Transfer Station, OUAT at Kendujhar district during 2011-12. Conventional (CT) and minimum (MT) tillage with maize (M) and maize + cowpea (M+C) were taken in main plots during kharif and horsegram (H), mustard (M) and fallow (F) in sub-plots during rabi. Soil samples were collected before and after kharif and rabi to study the impact of the treatments on soil BD, pH, OC and available N, P, K, Ca and Mg. The yield and nutrient uptake by crops were correlated with the soil properties. The practice of MT reduced the BD in the tune of 0.007 Mgm-3 and increased the pH (0.2 units), OC (0.29 g kg-1), available indices viz. N (4.5 kg ha-1), P (0.06 kg ha-1), K (4.8 kg ha-1), ca{0.46 c mol (p+) kg-1} and Mg {0.32 c mol (p+) kg-1} over CT after harvest of kharif crops. Growing horsegran (H) as cover crop during rabi, reduced the BD (0.001 Mgm-3) and increased pH (0.01 units), OC (0.03 g kg-1) and available nutrient viz. N (0.5 kg ha-1), P (0.02 kg ha-1), K (0.2 kg ha-1), Ca { 0.02 c mol (p+) kg-1} and Mg {0.03 c mol (p+) kg -1} over mustard (M) as cover crop. Maximum uptake of N (150 kg ha-1) and P (17.2 kg ha-1) was observed in CT-M+C-H where as the highest uptake of K (123.8 kg ha-1) was obtained in CT-M+C-M treatment. Though maximum maize equivalent yield of 85.8 q ha-1 was obtained from CT-M+C-M treatment in the first year, a slow and gradual improvement in soil properties were observed by practice of minimum tillage with maize + cowpea intercrop followed by horsegram as cover crop.
- Impact of Vetiveria Zizanioides (vetiver grass) live barriers on maize production in HondurasHellin, Jonathan; Haigh, M. (Beijing, P. R. China: Tsinghua University Press, 2002)The authors investigated the use of grass strips as a soil conservation method in maize production on steeplands in Central America. Soil tended to accumulate above the strips and to scour immediately below the strips. Over a three-year test period, the authors noted no significant difference in yields between control and test plots except in the drought year of 1997 when maize planted above the grass barriers benefitted from the water stored in the accumulated soil. The authors concluded that the grass barriers by themselves did not provide enough benefit to encourage widespread adoption. They did suggest, however, that replacing the grass with a harvestable crop could improve the benefits of the technology.
- Proceedings of the IFPRI/FAO Workshop on Plant Nutrient Management, Food Security, and Sustainable Agriculture: The future through 2020Gruhn, P. (ed.); Goletti, F. (ed.); Roy, R. N. (ed.) (Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 1998)The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) led an international initiative entitled A 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment. In support of the 2020 Vision, IFPRI, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, sponsored a workshop in Viterbo, Italy, May 16-17 1995 on Plant Nutrient Management, Food Security, and Sustainable Agriculture: The Future through 2020.
- Reforming Land Rights in AfricaNgaido, T. (Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004)This brief presents an overview of land tenure and other land rights reforms that have been introduced in Africa to address issues of agricultural production efficiency, natural resource sustainability, and equity of access to and control over land resources by marginalized groups such as rural households and women, and the efficacy of these reforms in improving agricultural productivity and combating poverty.
- Resilient food systems for a changing world: Proceedings of the 5th World Congress of Conservation Agriculture incorporating 3rd Farming Systems Design conferenceWCCA/FSD Local Organising Committee; Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 2011)These proceedings are from the conference "Resilient food systems for a changing world" held in Brisbane, Australia, 26 - 29 September 2011. This conference focused on Conservation Agriculture practices, adoption, and impacts in numerous climates and nations. These proceedings include a multitudes of papers submitted to the conference as well as oral presentations, rendering this a very thorough and up-to-date resource on Conservation Agriculture and its impacts world wide.
- Soil and nutrient management in Sub-Saharan Africa in support of the soil fertility initiative: Proceedings of the expert consultationRoy, R. N. (ed.); Nabhan, H. (Rome, Italy: FAO, 2001)The Soil Fertility Initiative (SFI) was launched during the World Food Summit, FAO in November 1996, in order to contribute to the strategic goal of food security. This volume contains reports of proven and cost-effective technologies for soil fertility restoration and maintenance by country.
- La Toma de decisiones en el manejo del agua en las comunidades campesinas de CotacachiCampana, F.; García, Magali (2000)
- Turning to forestry for a way out of poverty: Is formalizing property rights enough?Andersson, Krister P.; Pacheco, D. (2004)This uses methods of the International Forest Resources and Institutions (IFRI) Program to evaluate the impact of recent reforms on rural livelihoods in the Bolivian Lowlands. It looks at the impact of policies on incentives to invest in forest resources.