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    • Mehrey Vaghti, MSc.
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Notes from the field

Notes from the field

Citizen Scientists on the Sacramento River

This July, PAE and Earthwatch teamed up to send Los Angeles based teen citizen scientists down the Sacramento River. As the groups rafted down the Sacramento River they learned about California’s water issues and supported PAE’s larger effort to assess the biodiversity and carbon storage potential of restored and natural Read more…

By pacagro, 10 years2013/08/20 ago
Notes from the field

Sustainable solutions for meeting water supply and sanitation needs

  One of the principal challenges for international development is meeting the human need for water and sanitation while protecting the environment.   Since 2002, Dr. Daniel Nover, a senior scientist and environmental engineer at PAE, has worked in rural communities in South East Asia and Africa to implement technologies for Read more…

By pacagro, 11 years2012/03/14 ago
Notes from the field

Managing community forest resources for climate benefits

PAE is working with Mexican counterparts and local villages in Oaxaca to improve management of forest resources. Research in the coastal dry forests is examining the effects of climate change on tree diversity, forest biomass and carbon, while a separate project in Oaxaca’s Central Valley is helping the municipality of Read more…

By pacagro, 11 years2012/01/28 ago
Notes from the field

Coffee sustainability in Costa Rica

Pacific Agroecology LLC contracted with the INCAE Business School and the global coffee distributor ECOM to conduct an assessment of management practices in coffee plantations (“fincas”) on biodiversity. The study, which compared fincas enrolled in a sustainability certification program with fincas not enrolled, examined the effects of riparian buffers, tree Read more…

By pacagro, 11 years2012/01/18 ago
Dr. Ryan Haden works on sustainable agroforestry, vegetable, and rice production systems in Asia, Africa, Latin America and North America
Notes from the field

Adapting agriculture to climate change and water scarcity

Adapting agricultural production systems to climate change and water scarcity remains an important challenge to international development efforts. Dr. Ryan Haden, a senior scientist at PAE, has worked for more than a decade on sustainable agroforestry, vegetable, and rice production systems in Asia, Africa, Latin America and North America. His Read more…

By pacagro, 11 years2012/01/17 ago
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Mekong River Delta management and smallholder farmers

Việt Nam: In this study we examined the effect of a government water management strategy to control the salinity levels within the Mekong River Delta, Vietnam on five villages located in Bac Lieu Province, located in the southern part of the river delta region.  A mathematical programming model of shrimp Read more…

By pacagro, 11 years ago
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