Adaptive watershed management in the South American highlands: Learning and teaching on the fly

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dc.contributor.authorAlwang, Jeffrey R.en
dc.contributor.authorBarrera, Victor H.en
dc.contributor.authorAndrade, R.en
dc.contributor.authorHamilton, S.en
dc.contributor.authorNorton, George W.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialChimbo watershed in the Bolivar Province in Ecuadoren
dc.coverage.spatialGuayas Riveren
dc.coverage.spatialAndesen
dc.coverage.temporal1999 - 2004en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:07:38Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:07:38Zen
dc.date.issued2009en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis chapter describes the Chimbo watershed in the Bolivar Province in Ecuador and efforts that are being made to increase agricultural productivity and soil quality in this area. It begins by explaining the landscape along the Guayas River in this Andean region and its relation to the loss of biodiversity and decreasing crop productivity. Because the top of the Chimbo watershed is in the steeply-sloped Andes, agriculture-related pollution and water quality are becoming a huge concern. Low productivity and environmental degradation are causing high rates of poverty in Ecuador and putting a lot of pressure on smallholders to sustain their families and livelihoods.en
dc.description.notesLTRA-3 (Watershed-based NRM for Small-scale Agriculture)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier4607en
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9769432-7-3en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/68857en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherAnkeny, IA: Soil and Water Conservation Societyen
dc.relation.ispartofIn: Moore, K.M. (ed.) The Sciences and Art of Adaptive Management: Innovating for Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management, 209-227en
dc.relation.urihttp://www.swcs.org/en/publications/the_sciences_and_art_of_adaptive_management/en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2009 by the Soil and Water Conservation Society. All rights reserved.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectParticipatory processesen
dc.subjectStakeholdersen
dc.subjectGroundwateren
dc.subjectBiodiversityen
dc.subjectSoil erosionen
dc.subjectSubtropicsen
dc.subjectSoil qualityen
dc.subjectInstitutional capacity buildingen
dc.subjectSustainable agricultureen
dc.subjectCommunity participationen
dc.subjectWater qualityen
dc.subjectWatershed managementen
dc.subjectLocal governanceen
dc.subjectAdoption of innovationsen
dc.subjectCross-system managementen
dc.subjectChimbo Watersheden
dc.subjectBolivar Provinceen
dc.subjectEcuadoren
dc.subjectGuayas riveren
dc.subjectAndesen
dc.subjectAdaptive managementen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scale Watersheden
dc.titleAdaptive watershed management in the South American highlands: Learning and teaching on the flyen
dc.typeAbstracten
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