SANREM CRSP Bridging Grant (SE Asia) Ian Coxhead, University of Wisconsin ([e-mail]) Gerald Shively, Purdue University ([e-mail])

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SANREM CRSP Bridging Grant (SE Asia)Ian Coxhead,
University of Wisconsin (coxhead_at_wisc.edu)Gerald
Shively, Purdue University (shivelyg_at_purdue.edu)

• Three main activities
• 1 Continuation of empirical research focused on
  economic and environmental features of
  smallholder agriculture in Vietnam, and
  refinement of tools for SA and NRM policy
  analysis
• 2 Consolidation of research lessons from the
  Philippines into a new book
• 3 Transfer of relevant metadata from SANREM SE
  Asia, particularly data from the Philippines.

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Progress/results, Activity 1Underlying problem
low performance and environmental stress in
smallholder production systems

• 1. Ha (Nong Lam Univ) and Shively (Purdue) have
  been investigating smallholder coffee production
  in Vietnam. (Three published papers to date 1
  MS thesis completed, 1 ongoing, 1 paper used in
  undergraduate and extension training program in
  Vietnam).
• 2. Extension of (1) to cross-country comparisons
  using data from smallholder coffee farmers in
  Latin America. (MS thesis expected in summer
  2006).
• 3. Collaboration with Mars, Inc. to assess
  smallholder cocoa production in Indonesia. (MS
  thesis expected summer 2007).

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Progress/results, Activity 1 (continued)

• 4. Ongoing research at forest margin in Palawan
  aimed at quantifying changes in forest clearing
  as a result of agricultural intensification.
• 5. Coxhead (University of Wisconsin) and Bui (Hue
  University) coordinated collection of
  commune-level and district level data on land use
  and aquaculture activity in Central Vietnam and
  began econometric analysis.
• 6. Coxhead also hosted two VN Fulbright scholars
  working on trade-environment issues, in residence
  for the academic year 2005-06.

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Progress/results, Activity 2

• Book summarizing SANREM II research from SE Asia
  published by CABI in December 2005.
• I. Coxhead and G. Shively (eds.) Land Use Change
  in Tropical Watersheds Evidence, Causes and
  Remedies.Distribution of 100 free copies is
  on-going. Copies distributed in the Philippines
  and to libraries host-country research
  institutions world-wide.
• Coxhead and Rola (U. of the Philippines-Los
  Baños) made further progress on a second volume
  of SANREM Phase II research from Manupali.

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Progress/results, Activity 3

• Transfer of Metadata ongoing.

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Funding synergies

• Coxhead and partners in Vietnam submitted
  proposals for continued empirical work, modeling,
  and capacity-building. 400K Ford Foundation
  project approved and started in Spring 2006.
• As a follow-up to an NSF-funding project,
  Shively and partners are developing new work
  linking economic, environmental, and health risks
  among vulnerable populations in forest margin
  areas.

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Institutional synergies

• USAID synergies ALO project in Vietnam
• Success Alliance partners in VN and
  INDOPrivate sector synergies Mars, Inc. Cocoa
  in Sulawesi.