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SANREM CRSP Policy System Coordination Gerald Shively, Purdue University (shivelyg@purdue.edu). Three objectives: 1 Literature review on policies in support of SA and NRM; 2 Identify State of the Art projects for case study analysis; 3 Develop case studies.
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SANREM CRSP Policy System CoordinationGerald Shively, Purdue University (shivelyg@purdue.edu) Three objectives: 1 Literature review on policies in support of SA and NRM; 2 Identify State of the Art projects for case study analysis; 3 Develop case studies.
Progress/results Objective 1: literature review One graduate student has been working on the annotated bibliography of research on policy/governance linkages to sustainable agriculture and natural resource management. Published works have been reviewed and approximately 50 entries have been added to the meta-database.
Progress/results Objective 2: identify “state-of-the art” We are not focusing on state of the art projects, per se, but rather trying to characterize “best bet” policies based on a review of the literature. Conceptual problem: more “bad” examples than “good” examples
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Progress/resultsObjective 3: develop case studies Four case studies have been identified: 1. Impact of major governmental polices (such as tax exemptions, special tax incentives, land allocation rules, and agricultural credit) on deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.2. The effect of Indonesia’s economic crisis on small farmer well-being, agricultural practices, and natural forest cover. 3. The impact of lowland agricultural intensification on upland activities in the Philippines.4. Price and input incentives and arid land management in Morocco. 2. -
Networking and Synergies Working with LTRG group 5 (SE Asia) Participated in review of revision of Nature, Wealth and Power Participated in a USAID-sponsored meeting in Nagoya, Japan entitled “Exploring Higher Education Collaboration between The United States and Japan for International Development Cooperation in Agriculture.” Follow-up to this meeting includes discussions on a project in Cambodia.