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Ecosystem Research Topics: Human Ecology

The following projects took place while based at the Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Department, University of Reading:

  • Participatory improvement of soil and water conservation practices in hillside production systems in the Andean Valleys of Bolivia

    Donor: DFID's Natural Resources Systems Programme (NRSP)
    Lead institution: AERDD, University of Reading
    Main collaborators: Centro de Investigación Agrícola Tropical, Bolivia.
    Strengthening biodiversity capacity in the forestry curriculum, Visayas, Philippines
    Donor: Darwin Initiative, Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR)
    Lead institution: AERDD, University of Reading
    Main collaborators: Visayas State College of Agriculture, Leyte, Philippines.

  • Agroforestry manual using native species, Vallegrande, Bolivia

    Donor: Darwin Initiative, Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR)
    Lead institution: AERDD, University of Reading
    Main collaborators: Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza, Bolivia; Centro de Investigación Agrícola Tropical, Bolivia.

  • Researchable constraints in participatory forest management: a survey of issues and options

    Donor: DFID's Forestry Research Programme (FRP)
    Lead institution: AERDD, University of Reading
    Main collaborators: Om Consultants (India) Tierra Viva (Bolivia) LASAT (Brazil) and consultants from Nepal, Tanzania and Philippines.

  • Addressing technical, social and economic constraints to rice fish culture in Laos, emphasising women's involvement

    Donor: DFID's Aquaculture Research Programme
    Lead institution: Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling
    Main collaborators: Dept of Livestock and Fisheries, Savannakhet, Laos; Women's Union, Laos.

  • Integration of aquaculture into the farming systems in the eastern plateau of India

    Donor: DFID's Aquaculture Research Programme
    Lead institution: Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling
    Main collaborators: Krishak Bharati Co-operative Ltd. Indo-British Rainfed Farming Project, India Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA)