Theo Dillaha, Program Director SANREM CRSP

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SANREM CRSP Annual Report

• Theo Dillaha, Program Director SANREM CRSP
• Office of International Research, Education, and
  Development, Virginia Tech

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Outline

• Highlights
• Issues
• Annual Meeting Overview

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Context

• Over half way through SANREM Phase II
• Bridging Awards completed
• Long-term research activities 14 months into
  their 3.5 year programs

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Bridging Awards
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Globalization, Agricultural Growth, and the
Environment Consolidation and Continuity of
SANREM Research in Southeast Asia

• PIs Ian Coxhead, Agricultural and Applied
  Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison and
  Gerald Shivley, Agricultural Economics, Purdue
  University.
• Partners University of the Philippines Los
  Banos Hue University, Vietnam Nong Lam
  University, Vietnam.

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Globalization, Agricultural Growth, and the
Environment Consolidation and Continuity of
SANREM Research in Southeast Asia

• Research on economic and environmental features
  of commercial tree crops, especially coffee, in
  Vietnam
• Refine economic and environmental policy analysis
  tools for use at landscape and national scales.
• Consolidation and dissemination of lessons from
  SANREM II research in the Philippines.
• Provide SANREM SE Asia metadata to the ME.

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Globalization, Agricultural Growth, and the
Environment Consolidation and Continuity of
SANREM Research in Southeast Asia

• Accomplishments
• 1 M.S and 1 Ph.D. students graduated
• 1 short course
• 2 Fulbright exchanges
• 3 refereed journal articles
• 1 book
• 3 book chapters
• 465,000 in funding obtained from other sources
  to continue SANREM research

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Sustainable Land Use and Biodiversity
Conservation in the Andes Scaling-UpSANREM-Andes
Research

• PIs Robert E. Rhoades and Virginia D. Nazarea,
  University of Georgia

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Sustainable Land Use and Biodiversity
Conservation in the Andes Scaling-UpSANREM-Andes
Research

• Development of watershed visualization tools for
  LUC modeling and scenario planning, including
  climate change issues
• Creating guidelines and methods for biodiversity
  conservation of Andean crops
• Delivery of SANREM-Andes data and meta-data for
  the SANREM knowledge base.

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Sustainable Land Use and Biodiversity
Conservation in the Andes Scaling-UpSANREM-Andes
Research

• Accomplishments
• 1 PhD student
• 2 workshops
• 1 refereed journal article
• 7 books (English and Spanish)
• 4 book chapters
• CD Toolbook Database of SANREM-Andes Project
• Two radio programs (NPR and Earthwatch radio)

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Analysis Required for Payments for Watershed
Environmental Services (PWES)

• PI Douglas Southgate, Ohio State University

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Analysis Required for Payments for Watershed
Environmental Services (PWES)

• Estimate the price increases that the customers
  of potable water systems would pay (WTP) for the
  sake of conserving water sources
• Estimate the compensation required in upper
  reaches of Ecuadorian watersheds for land users
  to alter resource use for the sake of watershed
  conservation.
• Identify legal issues associated with the
  implementation of PWES
• Delivery of SANREM data and meta-data for the
  SANREM knowledge base.

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Analysis Required for Payments for Watershed
Environmental Services (PWES)

• Accomplishments
• 1 refereed journal article
• 1 book chapter
• 1 conference proceedings
• 1 workshop

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Metadata Development for the SANREM Knowledge Base

• PIs Conrad Heatwole, Gene Yagow, Brian Benham,
  Margaret Merrill, Virginia Tech

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Metadata Development for the SANREM Knowledge Base

• Define a metadata structure for SANREM resources
  that facilitate access to and dissemination of
  materials
• Catalog SANREM Phase I and II resources
• Develop a SANREM Knowledge Base users manual

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Metadata Development for the SANREM Knowledge Base

• Accomplishments
• Assisted SANREM ME in designing and developing
  the SANREM Knowledge Base data structure and user
  interface
• Archived 400 resources from SANREM Phase I and II
• SANREM Knowledge Base Users Manual

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Biodiversity in Agriculture Symposium Punta
Cana, Dominican RepublicMay 31-June 2, 2006
Brought together over 100 biodiversity
conservation and agricultural researchers and
development specialists to

• better understand the importance of biodiversity
  and why it is essential for provision of
  ecosystem services
• explore how biodiversity conservation can be
  integrated into agricultural development
  activities 
• demonstrate why biodiversity conservation is
  essential to sustainable development and
• explain how agricultural development projects can
  be designed to meet USAID Biodiversity
  Conservation Earmark requirements.

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Payments for Environmental Services Associate
Award

• Cooperative activity between SANREM and BASIS
  CRSPs (Doug Southgate, Paul Ferraro, Margie Huang)

• Participate in the Global Event for
  Payments/Rewards for Environmental Services, Jan.
  2007, Lombok, Indonesia
• Prepare regional synthesis papers on approaches
  to Payments for Watershed Services in Africa,
  Asia, and Latin America
• Assist BASIS in developing a Sourcebook on PES
  for USAID personnel
• Conduct a one-day Policy Seminar on PES for USAID
  personnel
• PES Knowledge Base

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Technical Assistance to Madagascar Mission

• Sarah Karpanty, Charles Welch, Theo Dillaha
• Assess forest recovery after an illegal forestry
  operation and update restoration plan.
• Train Madagascar Ministry or Water and Forests
  personnel in forest restoration and erosion
  control practices.
• Potential Associate Award?

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SANREM Landscape Systems/Adaptive Management Book

• Editor Keith Moore
• Status Nearing completion with second drafts of
  most chapters

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SANREM Knowledge Base

• 1600 entries to date
• Contributions by all partners and ME
• Approaching sufficient content to be useful

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Cross-Cutting Watershed Modeling and Assessment
Activity

• Details to be provided by Conrad Heatwole

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Long-Term Research Program

• Focus of this meeting

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Soil Management Associate Award

• Will continue high impact soils research
  initiated by the terminated Soils Management
  CRSP.
• Will develop scope of work over next month.
  Probably similar to SANREM Bridging Grants
  program.
• Approximately 200K/year

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Management Entity Changes

• Fiscal Technician
• John Lipovsky replaced by Peggy Lawson
• Editor/Communications Specialist
• Kirk Neal replaced by Deanne Estrada

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External Evaluation

• EEP Members
• Dick Harwood, Chair
• Robyn Burnham
• Kathy Galvin
• Ed Price
• Paul Vlek
• Evaluating long-term research activities and
  overall SANREM program

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ISSUES

• Business Meeting
• Budget FY2008 of 1.96 million
• SANREM Program Review and Renewal
• CRSP Council and NASULGC efforts to increase CRSP
  and agricultural development/capacity building
  funding

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Annual Meeting Overview

• Goals
• Share and discuss
• Where we are
• What we have learned
• How we can improve our research
• Identify opportunities for additional
  collaboration
• External Evaluation Panel review of long-term
  research activities (with subsequent suggestions
  for improvement)

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Annual Meeting Overview

• Monday, June 25
• 800 Welcome, Overview of Days Activities
• 830 Watershed-based Natural Resource Management
  in Small-scale Agriculture Sloped Areas of the
  Andean Region, Jeff Alwang, Virginia Tech
• 1000 Break
• 1030 Adapting to Change in the Andean Highlands
  Practices and Strategies to Address Climate and
  Market Risks in Vulnerable Agroecosystems,
  Corinne Valdivia, University of Missouri at
  Columbia
• 1200 Lunch

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Annual Meeting Overview

• Monday, June 25
• 130 Decentralization Reforms and Property
  Rights Potentials and Puzzles for Forest
  Sustainability and Livelihoods, Krister
  Andersson, University of Colorado at Boulder
• 300 Break
• 330 Developing a Participatory Socio-Economic
  Model for Food Security, Improved Rural
  Livelihoods, Watershed Management, and
  Biodiversity Conservation in Southern Africa,
  Alex Travis, Cornell University
• 500 Open Discussion
• 600 Adjourn
• 730 Banquet, Casa Campestre

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Annual Meeting Overview

• Tuesday, June 26
• 700 Gender, SA, and NRM Breakfast
• 800 Agroforestry and Sustainable Vegetable
  Production in Southeast Asian Watersheds, Manuel
  Reyes, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical
  University
• 930 Cross-Cutting Watershed Modeling and
  Assessment Activity, Conrad Heatwole, Virginia
  Tech
• 1000 Break
• 1030 SANREM Business Meeting
• 1115 USAID Update, Chris Kosnik, SANREM CRSP CTO
  
• 1200 Annual Meeting Closing Remarks, S.K. De
  Datta
• 1230 Lunch

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Annual Meeting Overview

• Tuesday, June 26
• 130-400 Individual Long-Term Research Activity
  meetings and EEP questions
• 130 - LTR-1 and EEP200 - LTR-2 and EEP230 -
  LTR-3 and EEP300 - LTR-4 and EEP 330 - LTR-5
  and EEP
• 400 Technical Committee meeting
• 530 Adjourn
• 715 Gather in registration area for
  transportation to Cochabamba restaurant

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Annual Meeting Overview

• Wednesday, June 27
• 800 PI meetings with EEP as required
• or
• Field trip to Tiraque site if not scheduled with
  EEP.
• Gather at 745 for departure promptly at 8.
• 500 Adjourn
• 730 Dinner, Casa Campestre

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Annual Meeting Notes

• Computer and printer available in meeting room
  area for printing
• Responsible for your own alcoholic beverage
  purchases except at banquet (2)
• Meals are included in your room charge
• Breakfast (7am) and dinner in restaurant
• Lunch around pool

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Questions?