A short film released this year by the SANREM CRSP documents how a family applied sustainable agriculture practices to establish a highly successful business in Lantapan, Bukidnon, Philippines. Titled, Taming the land, the wind and the sun: The story of the Binahon Agroforestry Farm, the 21-minute documentary was produced by TMPEGS Scaling-Up Coordinator Maria Victoria O. Espaldon, dean of the School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of the Philippines at Los Baños. (To download a copy of the video, RIGHT-click this link and choose the ‘Save’ option: Binahon Agroforestry Farm video (large download alert: this file is 85 MB).)
SANREM book wins honors in the Philippines
A SANREM CRSP publication, Winning the Water War: Watersheds, Water Policies and Water Institutions, won the Outstanding Book Award for 2007 from the Philippines' National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) at an awards ceremony July 12 in Manila.
The book, co-edited by Agnes C. Rola, Herminia A. Francisco and Jennifer P.T. Liguton, comprises papers presented at the Water Resource Management Policy Forum, sponsored and organized by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD) in August 2002. Continue reading
SANREM loses graduate student
Julia Kathleen Pryde
Julia Pryde, a land and water resources engineering graduate student in Biological Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech, was among those who died in the tragic Virginia Tech incident on April 16.
Ali to lead research agency in Pakistan
Mubarik Ali, left, on a visit to Virginia Tech with SANREM PI Manuel Reyes of NC A&T State University.
Mubarik Ali, a team leader for the SANREM CRSP in Asia, has been appointed Chief Executive of the Punjab Agriculture Research Board (PARB), a research agency being reactivated in the Punjab region of Pakistan.
The agency, dormant since 1998, will oversee the allocation of a $20 million annual research development budget. Continue reading
Dillaha visits Southeast Asia projects
Theo Dillaha is welcomed at Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam by University Rector Bui Cach Tuyen. Nong Lam is a partner on LTR-5.
Between January 13 and February 14, 2007, Program Director Theo Dillaha visited SANREM field sites and partners in Southeast Asia associated with the Long-Term Research Activity “Agroforestry and Sustainable Vegetable Production in Southeast Asian Watersheds,” under the direction of NC A&T’s Manuel Reyes. While in Southeast Asia, Dillaha visited field research sites, observed activity progress to date, met with project teams and their partners, learned more about implementation contexts, and visited USAID missions. Continue reading
ISSRM symposium announced
The 13th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM) will be held in Park City, Utah June 17-21, 2007. Hosted by Utah State University, the ISSRM is the largest gathering of social scientists and resource managers in the world. The symposium will provide a blend of scientific paper and poster presentations, panel discussions, and applied workshops centered around this year’s theme Continue reading
Partners to Participate in Agroecology Symposium
The SANREM CRSP Field System Coordinators will participate in the 4th International Symposium on Agroecology hosted by the University of Chapingo in Texcoco, Mexico, October 18 – 20, 2006. Participants from educational institutions, research centers, and NGOs throughout Latin America will convene to discuss the development of agroecological research and education in the Americas, Continue reading