xvi international conference of the society for human ecology 10-13 september 2008 office of...

XVI International Conference of the Society for Human Ecology

10-13 September 2008

Office of International Research, Education, and Development, Virginia Tech

Collaborative Research and Education for Sustainable Agriculture in Developing CountriesKeith M. Moore, Associate Program Director, SANREM CRSP

This presentation is made possible by the United States Agency for International Development and the generous support of the American people through Cooperative Agreement No. EPP-A-00-04-00013-00

Outline

• What is a CRSP?

• Conceptual research model

• Competitive grants program

• Long-term Research Program

• Educational Program



What is a CRSP?

Collaborative Research Support Programs (CRSPs) are: • created under Title XII of the Foreign Assistance Act by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) •utilize U.S. land grant universities to carry out international food and agricultural research mandates of the U.S. Government.


What is SANREM?

a CRSP that supports Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Management (SA & NRM) decision-makers in developing countries by:

•Conducting SA & NRM research

•Providing access to appropriate data, knowledge, tools and methods of analysis,

•Enhancing host country capacity to make better development decisions.


SANREM Objectives

• Empower small farmers, NRM-users, (particularly women)

• Increase stakeholder income generation

• Enhance decentralized resource management

• Strengthen local institutions • Improve market access for small-

holders and communities• Promote sustainable and

environmentally sound development

Landscape Systems Approach

Sustainable development requires a systems approach which is multi-disciplinary and addresses interactions at and between the following landscape levels:

• Field systems

• Farm household and enterprise systems

• Community/watershed systems

• Ecosystems

• Policy and market systems


Landscape Systems Approach



Adaptive Management forComplex Adaptive Systems

A book to provide development practitioners with the knowledge, understanding, and tools to improve the innovative capacity of stakeholders.

• Learning by doing• Cross-scale thresholds and

discontinuities• Interdisciplinarity –

Transdisciplinarity• Constructivism and Negotiation


Knowledge ProductionUS and Host Country Researchers, Policy makers,CSO Leaders, Community members, Farmers

USAID/EGAT/NRM/LRM and USAID Country Missions

ManagementEntity

SANREM CRSP Knowledge Base

Landscape System Coordinators

Web-based Information, listservs, and E-publications

USDASA & NRMKnowledge Development

INFOMINE,RDN, AgNIC, AgBiotech, InfoNet, etc.

SANREM Bridging Program PIs

Conferences, papers, books, articles, and reports

Planning andLong Term Research PIs

USAID Projects and Development Inventions

IARC and Bilateral Projects and Programs

Knowledge and Information Systemwww.oired.vt.edu/sanremcrsp/menu_information/SKB.php


SANREM Partners• Cornell University• Florida A&M• Indiana University• Iowa State

University• Kansas State• North Carolina A & T• North Carolina State• Penn State• Purdue University• Rodale Institute

• Texas A&M• U C Berkeley• University of

Connecticut• University of Georgia• University of Missouri• University of

Wisconsin• Virginia Tech• Washington State

University• Winrock International


International Partners• World Cocoa Foundation• AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center• CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food • ICRAF – Int. Ctr. for Research in Agroforestry• ICRISAT - Int. Crop Res. Inst. for the Semi-Arid

Tropics• IITA - International Inst. for Tropical Agriculture• ILRI - International Livestock Research Institute• IRRI - International Rice Research Institute• CIAT - Centro Internacional de Agricultura

Tropical • CIFOR - Center for International Forestry

Research • CIP - Centro Internacional de la Papa• IFPRI - International Food Policy Research

Institute • Wildlife Conservation Society• Dozens of host country colleges, universities,

national research centers, and NGOs


Research Programs

• Bridging Awards

• Planning Awards • Long-Term Research

Awards

LTRA submissions and awards


Columbia UC- Santa Cruz

Cornell (4) * UC-Davis *

Florida A&M Univ. of Florida (4) *

Indiana Univ. * Univ. of Michigan

Iowa State * Univ. of Missouri

Michigan State (2) * Univ. of Oklahoma

NC A&T * Univ. South Florida

NCSU Univ. of Wisc.-Madison *

Ohio State * Virginia Tech (5) *

Old Dominion (2) Washington State (2)

Vermont Yale *

Illinois

LTRA recipients* Planning award recipient

Initial SANREM partner


Long-Term Research Awards

• Decentralization Reforms & Property Rights: Potentials and Puzzles for Forest Sustainability and Livelihoods (Kenya, Uganda, Bolivia, Mexico)Lead-PI, Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University

• Developing a Participatory Socio-Economic Model for Food Security, Improved Rural Livelihoods, Watershed Management, and Biodiversity Conservation in Southern Africa (Zambia)Lead-PI, Alex Travis, Cornell University


• Adapting to Change in the Andean Highlands: Practices and Strategies to Address Climate and Market Risks in Vulnerable Agro-Ecosystems

(Bolivia, Peru)

Lead-PI, Corinne Valdivia, University of Missouri

• Watershed-based Natural Resource Management in Small-scale Agriculture: Sloped Areas of the Andean Region

(Bolivia, Ecuador)

Lead-PI, Jeffrey Alwang, Virginia Tech



• Agroforestry and Sustainable Vegetable Production in Southeast Asian Watersheds (Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam)

Lead-PI, Manuel Reyes, North Carolina A&T


Cross-Cutting Research Initiatives


Watershed Modeling and Assessment, Lead-PI, Conrad Heatwole, Virginia Tech

Linking Knowledge and Action: Meeting NRM Challenges in SANREM, Lead-PI, Ester Mwangi, Harvard University

Soil Metagenomics, Lead-PI, Karen Garrett, Kansas State University

Cross-Cutting Research Initiatives


Assessing and Managing Soil Quality for Sustainable Agricultural SystemsLead-PI, Peter Motavalli, University of Missouri

Gendered Access to Markets: Gendered Networks and Livelihood AlternativesLead-PI, Maria Elisa Christie, Virginia Tech


Host country participation

• U.S. scientists develop partnerships and design a research project in collaboration with researchers at host country universities and research institutions

• Allocating project funds for host country nationals to participate in SANREM Annual Meeting

• More than 50 percent of LTRA funds must be expended by or on behalf of host countries


Long-term degree training participants

Degree

US & Developed Countries

Host CountriesTOTAL

MenWome

nMen

Women

Doctorate 4 10 7 6 27Masters 2 2 9 11 24Bachelors 0 0 16 14 30

TOTAL 6 12 32 31 81

FY2007


Routine Activities involve:

PIs holding joint planning sessions

US PIs visiting the field with their host country partners.

Such visits are at least once or twice a year for an average

two weeks per visit.

In addition, US and host country students are spending time in the field together, too.


Host country challenges

• Difficulty of U.S. visits because of TraiNet requirements (J-1 visas)

• Varying levels of host country participation (both numbers and quality)

• Host country partner visas for travel to other host countries

• Timely funding of HC partners due to late funding from USAID

Shaping their future

Creating, organizing, and disseminating knowledge that improves livelihoods through sustainable agriculture and natural resource management


Questions and

Discussion


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