The MOIST Group at Cornell University Management of Organic Inputs in Soils of the Tropics
Affiliated with the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD)
Managed Fallows and Agroforestry Seminar Series Fall 1997
Sposored by MOIST and the Cornell Agroforestry Working Group (CAWG)
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September 1 - Erick Fernandes -- New collaborative initiatives in the ICRAF-sponsored Alternatives to Slash and Burn Program
September 8 - Jim Hafner, Ellen McCallie and Lucy Fisher -- Update on the Workshop on Indigenous Strategies for the Intensification of Shifting Cultivaton in Southeast Asia
September 19 - Jim Lassoie and Louise Buck -- Recent developments in agroforestry
September 26 - Edwin Balbarino -- Farmer-improved short-term fallows in the Philippines: The case of Mimosa invisa and other systems
October 3 - Stefan Cherry--Soil fertility and fallow management in Africa: Linking researchers with farmers
October 10 - Yamily Zavala and Soloarisoa Ranoromalala -- Evaluation of integrated management strategies of coffee production in Venezuela: Potential relevance for Madagascar
October 17 - Dean Hively -- Using fast growing trees to capture nitrate from below the rooting zone of maize: Research and development at ICRAF Kenya, and potential for nutrient control in New York State agricultural systems
October 24 - Jim Hafner --Farmer adaptation of contour hedgerows in the Philippines: Are grass strips a basis for agroforestry on sloping lands?
October 31 - Louise Buck, Ken Mudge and Robert Beyfuss -- Forest farming with ginseng: A study of plant ecology, quality and market relations
November 7 - Douglas Lathwell --Legume green manure management in savannah region soils
November 14 - Richard Uva -- Beach plum: An underutilized agroforestry species for the Northeast U.S.
November 21 - Alice Pell and Karen McCaffery -- Legumes are poisonous?! Anti-nutritional factors in tropical legume trees
December 5 - Tom Solomon --Documentation of cover-cropping practices in western Honduras