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Theo Dillaha, Program Director SANREM CRSP

______________________________________________________________________________________ Annual Meeting Blacksburg, Virginia 18-20 April 2006. SANREM CRSP Cross-Cutting Themes.

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Theo Dillaha, Program Director SANREM CRSP

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  1. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Annual Meeting Blacksburg, Virginia 18-20 April 2006 SANREM CRSP Cross-Cutting Themes Theo Dillaha, Program Director SANREM CRSP

  2. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Annual Meeting Blacksburg, Virginia 18-20 April 2006 Outline • Purpose of Cross-Cutting Themes • SANREM Areas of Inquiry • Proposed Cross-Cutting Themes and Initial Theme Leaders

  3. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Annual Meeting Blacksburg, Virginia 18-20 April 2006 Purpose Cross-Cutting Themes • Create a SA & NRM “program” rather that a portfolio of five independent activities. • Promote cross-activity synergies. • Complimented Areas of Inquiry. Identified by EEP during the long-term research application review process.

  4. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Annual Meeting Blacksburg, Virginia 18-20 April 2006 SANREM Areas of Inquiry • Technology Integration: Technologies needed to promote SA &NRM (i.e., GIS, models, etc.). • Governance: Policies, regulations, and institutional arrangements enabling better NRM. • Economic Policy and Enterprise Development: SA and NRM practices that develop niche markets, and are eco-friendly and competitive (improved livelihoods). • Social and Institutional Capacity Building: Promoting improved SA & NRM leadership, NGO technology transfer, and increased civil society and government synergy.

  5. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Annual Meeting Blacksburg, Virginia 18-20 April 2006 Areas of Inquiry • Biodiversity Conservation and Environmental Services: Integrated NRM to promote synergistic relationships between production, biodiversity, and livelihoods. • Systems Linkages: Among gender, biophysical, technology, governance, economic, social, and environmental factors required for development. • Globalization, Vulnerability, and Risk: Practices to address risk and vulnerability caused by globalization, HIV/AIDS, food insecurity, etc.

  6. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Annual Meeting Blacksburg, Virginia 18-20 April 2006 Proposed Cross-Cutting Themes • Landscape Systems Approach • Biodiversity Conservation • Governance and Policy • Water Management • Soil Quality • Watershed Management

  7. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Annual Meeting Blacksburg, Virginia 18-20 April 2006 Landscape Systems Approach • Not new since required and a component of all the long-term research activities. • Viewed by USAID as one of the strengths of SANREM.

  8. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Annual Meeting Blacksburg, Virginia 18-20 April 2006 Biodiversity Conservation • Component of each long-term research activity. • Strongest in Travis and Ostrom projects since biodiversity conservation an explicit objective. • Secondary or implicit objective in other projects. • Goal is to develop, test, and utilize comparable measures of biodiversity conservation for use with SA and NRM development activities. • Leader: Travis project

  9. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Annual Meeting Blacksburg, Virginia 18-20 April 2006 Governance and Policy • Strongest in Ostrom project where it is the principal objective. • Secondary or implicit objective in other projects. • Goal is to identify governance and policy practices that support improved SA and NRM, livelihoods, and stakeholder empowerment. • Leader: Ostrom project

  10. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Annual Meeting Blacksburg, Virginia 18-20 April 2006 Water Management • Strongest in Reyes project where it is an explicit objective. • Secondary or implicit objective in Valdivia, Travis, and Alwang projects. • Goal is to identify and promote improved water management practices that enhance production and quality, reduce risk, and improve livelihoods. • Leader: Reyes project

  11. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Annual Meeting Blacksburg, Virginia 18-20 April 2006 Soil Quality • Strongest in Valdivia project where it is an explicit objective. • Secondary or implicit objective in Alwang, Travis, and Reyes projects. • Goal is to develop and test comparable measures of soil quality for use with SA and NRM development activities. • Leader: Valdivia project

  12. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Annual Meeting Blacksburg, Virginia 18-20 April 2006 Watershed Management • Strongest in Alwang project where it is an explicit objective. • Secondary or implicit objective in other projects. • Goal is to develop and test comparable measures of soil quality for use with SA and NRM development activities. • Leader: Alwang project

  13. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Annual Meeting Blacksburg, Virginia 18-20 April 2006 Watershed Management • Strongest in Alwang project where it is an explicit objective. • Secondary or implicit objective in other projects. • Goal is to develop and test comparable measures of soil quality for use with SA and NRM development activities. • Leader: Alwand project

  14. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Annual Meeting Blacksburg, Virginia 18-20 April 2006 Where do we go from here? • Today’s objective was to provide you with background on the proposed cross-cutting themes and initiate thinking about possibilities and potential collaboration. • Tomorrow approximately two hours are scheduled for discussion on cross-cutting themes and how to implement them. • Hope to have an identified leader for each theme and a synopsis of what you tentatively plan to implement the cross-cutting themes.

  15. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Annual Meeting Blacksburg, Virginia 18-20 April 2006 Questions

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