SANREM CRSP Annual Report 2008
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SANREM CRSP Annual Report 2008 October 1, 2007 – September 30, 2008 Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Collaborative Research Support Program Report coordinators Theo A. Dillaha, Program Director Keith M. Moore, Associate Program Director This publication was made possible through United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the generous support of the American people under terms of Cooperative Agreement EPP-A-00-04-00013-00. SANREM CRSP Annual Report 2008 2 SANREM CRSP Annual Report 2008 SANREM CRSP Management Entity Office of International Research, Education, and Development (OIRED), Virginia Tech S.K. De Datta, Administrative Principal Investigator, Associate Vice President for International Affairs, OIRED Director Michael Bertelsen, Economic Impact Assessment Coordinator, OIRED Associate Director Theo Dillaha, Program Director Keith M. Moore, Associate Program Director Maria Elisa Christie, Gender Equity Coordinator Deanne Estrada, Editor and Communications Coordinator Jane Lee, Program Coordination Assistant SANREM CRSP Board of Directors Alton Thompson, Board Chair; North Carolina A&T State University David Acker, Iowa State University Robert Bates, Washington State University Loke T. Kok (interim), Virginia Tech James Lowenberg-Deboer, Purdue University Thomas Payne, University of Missouri Alice Pell, Cornell University Sharron Quisenberry (retired), Virginia Tech Charles Reafsnyder, Indiana University Mark Rosegrant, International Food Policy Research Institute Harry Rea, USAID S.K. De Datta, Virginia Tech Theo Dillaha, Virginia Tech SANREM CRSP Technical Committee Jeffrey Alwang, Virginia Tech Maria Elisa Christie, Virginia Tech Elizabeth Jiménez, Universidad de la Cordillera Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University Manuel Reyes, North Carolina A&T University Howard-Yana Shapiro, Mars Inc. Gerald Shively, Purdue University Shirley Tarawali, International Livestock Research Institute Alex Travis, Cornell University Corinne Valdivia, University of Missouri Harry Rea, USAID S.K. De Datta, Virginia Tech Mike Bertelsen, Virginia Tech Theo Dillaha, Virginia Tech Keith M. Moore, Virginia Tech 3 SANREM CRSP Annual Report 2008 4 SANREM CRSP Annual Report 2008 Contents 1. Figures and tables ......................................................................................... 7 2. Executive summary ....................................................................................... 9 Program objectives ............................................................................................... 9 Knowledge dissemination ....................................................................................... 9 Long-term Research Award activities ..................................................................... 10 Cross-cutting research activities ........................................................................... 22 SANREM CRSP Management Entity activities ........................................................... 27 Training and institutional development ................................................................... 29 3. Long-term Research Award activities ........................................................... 31 LTRA-1: Decentralization Reforms and Property Rights: Potentials and Puzzles for Forest Sustainability and Livelihoods ..................................................................... 31 Research strategy and development objectives ............................................................ 33 Research progress by objective .................................................................................. 42 Degree and non-degree training activities ................................................................... 51 Publications, presentations, other products .................................................................. 51 Networking activities ................................................................................................ 54 Project highlights ..................................................................................................... 56 LTRA-2: Developing a Participatory Socioeconomic Model for Food Security, Improved Rural Livelihoods, Watershed Management, and Biodiversity Conservation in Southern Africa ................................................................................................................ 57 Research strategy and development objectives ............................................................ 57 Research progress by objective .................................................................................. 67 Degree and non-degree training activities ................................................................... 74 Publications, presentations, other products .................................................................. 75 Networking activities ................................................................................................ 75 Project highlights ..................................................................................................... 76 LTRA-3: Watershed-based Natural Resource Management in Small-scale Agriculture: Sloped Areas of the Andean Region ....................................................................... 79 Research strategy and development objectives ............................................................ 79 Research progress by objective .................................................................................. 86 Degree and non-degree training activities ................................................................. 125 Publications, presentations, other products ................................................................ 126 Networking activities .............................................................................................. 126 Project highlights ................................................................................................... 127 LTRA-4: Adapting to Change in the Andes: Practices and Strategies to Address Climate and Market Risks in Vulnerable Agro-ecosystems ........................................ 129 Research strategy and development objectives .......................................................... 129 Research progress by objective ................................................................................ 140 Degree and non-degree training activities ................................................................. 165 Publications, presentations, other products ................................................................ 166 Networking activities .............................................................................................. 166 Project highlights ................................................................................................... 168 LTRA-5: Agroforestry and Sustainable Vegetable Production in Southeast Asian Watersheds ...................................................................................................... 171 Research strategy and development objectives .......................................................... 172 Research progress by objective ................................................................................ 196 Degree and non-degree training activities ................................................................. 221 Publications, presentations, other products ................................................................ 221 Networking activities .............................................................................................. 221 Project highlights ................................................................................................... 224 5 SANREM CRSP Annual Report 2008 4. Cross-cutting research activities ................................................................. 227 Gendered Access to Markets: Gendered Networks and Livelihood Alternatives ............ 227 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 227 Theoretical framework ............................................................................................ 229 Methodological approaches and challenges ................................................................ 230 Initial findings ........................................................................................................ 230 Degree and non-degree training activities ................................................................. 231 Watershed Modeling and Assessment ................................................................... 232 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 232 Research strategy .................................................................................................. 233 Research progress .................................................................................................. 235 Degree and non-degree training activities ................................................................. 238 Linking Knowledge and Action: Meeting NRM Challenges ......................................... 238 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 238 Research strategy .................................................................................................. 238 Research progress .................................................................................................