Hanoi, Vietnam
21-23 July 2010
The objective of the symposium is to bring together scholars and practitioners so that they can share innovative methods of studying upland devel-opment, present multidisciplinary and integrated re-search outcomes, and discuss successful policy meas-ures and development approaches which focus on balanced resource use, natural resource conservation and poverty reduction.
The symposium will be structured along the following themes:
Integrating resource use and conservation
- Nutrient cycling and erosion processes in mountainous agro-ecosystems with the emphasis on water and soil conservation
- Studies on the fate and on-/ off-site effects of agrochemicals
- Land evaluation and land suitability analysis to identify sustainable land use
- Social interactions in multi-stakeholder networks with regard to the access to resources including aspects of cooperation and competition
- Social empowerment, migration and integration of people in mountainous areas
- Environmental valuation and payment for environmental services
- Integrated modeling of mountainous watersheds to enhance the understanding of the complexity of mountainous systems
- Conservation of local animal genetic resources through utilization
Innovation development
- Animal husbandry systems, animal breeding programmes and aquaculture including pro-poor livestock approaches and food safety aspects
- Innovations in horticultural production, fruit processing and water saving strategies
- Marketing strategies and high-value production
Innovation adoption, acceptance and impact
- Impact of technical, institutional and policy innovations on livelihoods
- Poverty research and poverty assessment tools, microfinance and land tenure
- Participatory approaches to knowledge generation and extension delivery
- Action research, analysis of innovation systems and processes
For more information, p lease visit: https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/sfb564/uplands2010/index.php
Contacts:
The Uplands Program
Dr. Holger Fröhlich
Dr. Gerhard Clemens
E-mail: uplands2010@uni-hohenheim.de