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XVI International Conference of the Society for Human Ecology
10-13 September 2008
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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Landscape Systems Approach
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Research Programs
• Bridging Awards
• Planning Awards • Long-Term Research
Awards
LTRA submissions and awards
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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
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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
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• 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
Long-Term Research Awards
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• Agroforestry and Sustainable Vegetable Production in Southeast Asian Watersheds (Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam)
Lead-PI, Manuel Reyes, North Carolina A&T
Long-Term Research Awards
Cross-Cutting Research Initiatives
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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