This presentation discusses cross cutting research, consisting of case studies of how new knowledge leads to action for change. It includes case studies of four Long Term Research Award projects: spanning devolution of ...

This presentation reports on the work of the SANREM CRSP long term research activity 3 (LTRA-3), "Watershed-based natural resource management (NRM) for small-scale agriculture."

Population growth, impacts from a changing climate, and other challenges highlight the need to conserve soil and water quality so that maximization of crop yields to feed the expanding world population can be achieved and ...

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. ...

Corn (Zea mays L.) is important for food security in much of Ecuador. Small-scale farmers are using nitrogen (N) fertilizer without technical advice based on soil, crop, and climatologic data. The literature lacks studies ...

La subcuenca del río Chimbo (Figura 1), presenta condiciones socio-económicas y ambientales que ponen en serio riesgo los recursos naturales y las condiciones de vida de la población que en el 77% de los casos es pobre. ...

Poster outlining the project's objectives at the Bolivia site. The overall objectives are: to enhance and support the local capacity to raise policies and interventions to increase incomes, improve social conditions and ...

A misspecification testing strategy designed to ensure that the statistical assumptions underlying a system of equations are appropriate is outlined. The system tests take into account information in, and interactions ...

Como ocurre en varias zonas rurales en los países en desarrollo, las poblaciones de la zona Andina del Ecuador están caracterizadas por pobreza extrema, derivada de la baja productividad de los sistemas de producción ...

The standard farm system in rural Upper Guanujo in the region of the Bolívar Province of Ecuador includes dairy cattle as one of the primary sources of income for residents in this area. Though per capita consumption of ...