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Nitrogen Index 4.4. User Manual
(USDA ARS, 2011)
User manual for a web-based tool to help farmers make optimal decisions about nitrogen application in degraded and other lands.
Eligen los agricultores las variedades de papa a producir como una forma de manejar mejor el riesgo que implica esta actividad?
(Cochabamba, Bolivia: Revista de Agricultura, 2011)
La presente investigación fue diseñada para entender el papel que juega el manejo de riesgos en las decisiones sobre qué variedades de papa producir en las comunidades de Tiraque, Morochata y Colomi. Para tal fin se necesitó ...
Conservation agriculture in the Andean highlands: Promise and precautions
(Springer, 2013)
This chapter examines the potential of conservation agriculture (CA) to increase agricultural productivity and sustainability in highly sloped areas and inter-Andean valley in post-land reform areas of the AR. Conservation ...
Positive impacts in soil and water conservation in an Andean region of South America: Case scenarios from a US Agency for International Development multidisciplinary cooperative project
(2013)
The Andean region of South America faces many challenges to increasing agricultural productivity: shrinking farm sizes, poor soils, erratic rainfall, and very high erosion rates. This article summarizes the positive impacts ...
Assessment of nitrogen dynamics and cropping system sustainability in the Andean segion of South America with a new tool available for computers and smartphones
(2013)
Implementation of best soil and water conservation practices will be key to addressing challenges we will confront in the 21st century. With challenges such as climate change and continued population growth, there is a ...
Designing an IPM Research Strategy to Benefit Poor Producers and Consumers in Honduras
(Entomological Society of America, 2011-12-01)
Agricultural research organizations face pressure to justify investments in agricultural research and need tools to allocate their resources such that the resulting research portfolio has the largest impact across multiple ...
Economic impact assessment on SANREM
(2014)
This PowerPoint summarizes findings from SANREM’s economic impact assessment cross-cutting research activity (CRRA-6). It describes results from budgeting studies, linear programming models, and aggregate impact analysis ...
Assessment of nitrogen dynamics and cropping system sustainability in the Andean region of South America with a new tool available for computers and smartphones
(2013)
Implementation of best soil and water conservation practices will be key to addressing challenges we will confront in the 21st century. With challenges such as climate change and continued population growth, there is a ...
Conservation agriculture as a potential pathway to better resource management, higher productivity, and improved socio-economic conditions in the Andean region
(2014)
This PowerPoint summarizes the research and training activities of SANREM’s regional project in the Andes. It describes a mobile nitrogen index developed by the project. The presentation describes research results which ...
Evaluation of tillage systems, cover crops and rotations in the maize-bean production system in Alumbre-Ecuador
(2014)
The purpose of this poster is to describe research results for the SANREM project in Alumbre, Ecuador. Various conservation agriculture practices have been evaluated following more than four years of CA trials in the area. ...