ASA Fallow Management in the Tropics Symposium Program

ASA 2000 Fallow Management in the Tropics Symposium

November 8, 2000
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Sponsored by the Management of Organic Inputs in Soils of the Tropics
at the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD)

TENTATIVE PROGRAM

Keynote/Overview Panelists

8:00 The Evolution of Managed Fallow Systems in the Tropics
Erick Fernandes
Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

8:30 A Regional Overview of Fallow Management Initiatives and Issues: Southeast Asia
Paul Burgers
Indigenous Fallow Management Network /ICRAF, Bogor, Indonesia

8:45 A Regional Overview of Fallow Management Initiatives and Issues: South Asia
P.S. Ramakrishnan
Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

9:00 A Regional Overview of Fallow Management Initiatives and Issues: East and Southern Africa
Bashir Jama
ICRAF, Kisumu, Kenya

9:15 A Regional Overview of Social Issues in Fallow Management: West Africa
Chimere Diaw,
CIFOR, Senegal

9:30 A Regional Overview of Fallow Management Initiatives and Issues: Central America
Milton Flores
CIDICCO, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

9:45 A Regional Overview of Fallow Management Initiatives and Issues: Tropical South America
Tatiana de Abreu Sá
EMBRAPA Amazonia Oriental, Belém, PA, Brazil

10:00 Recess

Oral Paper Presentations

10:15 Managing Fallows for the Generation of Products and Services from Woody Biomass: An Emerging Option for Resource Poor Farmers on the Agricultural Frontier in Tropical America
Dean Current
Associate Researcher-CIFOR, Saint Paul, MN
- Current, J. Smith, C. Sabogal, B. Finegan, T.D. de A. Sá, S. Ferreira, A. Mejia, W. Nalvarte

10:30 Social Factors Affecting Fallows Management in Central America
Max Pfeffer
Cornell University, Ithaca NY

10:45 Fallow Management for Soil Fertility Recovery in Tropical Andean Agroecosystems in Cauca- Columbia
Edmundo Barrios
Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT)

11:00 A Research concept for the Development of Fire-free Fallow Management Techniques in the Eastern Amazon Region
Manfred Denich
ZEF Dept. Ecology and Resource Mgmt, University of Bonn, Germany
- M. Denich, P.L. Vlek, T.D. de A. Sá, K. Vielhauer, W. Lücke

11:15 Improving Estimates of C Stocks under Different Fallow Systems in Tropical Asia
Damasa Magcale-Macandog
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan

11:30 Soil Management for Alfisols in the Semi-Arid Tropics
Lex Cogle
Centre for Tropical Agriculture, Mareeba, Queensland, Australia
- A.L. Cogle, K.P. Rao, D.F. Yule, G.D. Smith

11:45 Adjourn for Lunch

1:25 Opening remarks

1:30 The Role of Green Manure Legumes in Smallholder Farming Systems in Kenya
Joseph Mureithi
National Agricultural Research Laboratories, Kenya

1:45 Ex-Ante Assessment of the Feasibility of Improved Fallow Systems in Rice Production Systems in Northern Ghana
Augustine Langyintuo
Department of Agricultural Economics Purdue University
- A.S. Langyintuo and W. Dogbe

2:00 Agrofoerstry Systems in Northern Vietnam with Tephrosia candida as an Alternative to Short-fallow Crop Rotations
Minh Ha Fagerström
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

2:15 Panel Discussion

3:15 Adjourn to Poster Session

Poster Presentations

The Benefits of a Reduction in Fallow Period: An Example from Indonesia
Quirine Ketterings
School of Natural Resources, Columbus OH

Fuelwood Production in Enriched Fallow with Sclerolobium paniculatum in Area Degraded by the Migratory Agriculture in the Amazon
Silas Mochiutti
EMBRAPA, Macapá, Amapá. Brasil
- J.A. Queiroz and S. Mochiutti

Litter Production in Enriched Fallow with Sclerolobium paniculatum in Area Degraded by the Migratory Agriculture in the Amazon
Silas Mochiutti
EMBRAPA, Macapá, Amapá, Brasil
- S. Mochiutti, N.J. Melém, Jr., J.T. Farias Neto, J.A. Queiroz

ASA 2000 Fallow Management in the Tropics Symposium

*TENTATIVE PROGRAM*

Keynote/Overview Panelists

Oral Paper Presentations

Poster Presentations

TENTATIVE PROGRAM