Multidisciplinary On-Site Training in Sustainable Agriculture Education

Project Overview

EW94-003

Project Type: Professional Development Program

Funds awarded in 1994: $71,000.00

Projected End Date: 12/31/1996

Matching Federal Funds: $32,230.00

Matching Non-Federal Funds: $59,512.00

Region: Western

State: California

Principal Investigator:

Steven Temple

Email

University of California

Annual Reports

1994 annual report

Information Products

Small Farm News May June 1994 (Article/Newsletter/Blog)

Introduction to the SAFS Project (Article/Newsletter/Blog)

Alternative systems aim to reduce inputs maintain profits (Article/Newsletter/Blog)

Conventional lowinput and organic farming systems compared (Article/Newsletter/Blog)

Field day compares sustainable systems (Article/Newsletter/Blog)

Plant disease severity in highinput compared to reducedinput and organic farming systems (Article/Newsletter/Blog)

An interdispiplinary experiment stationbased participatory comparsion of alternative crop management systems for Californias Sacramento Valley (Article/Newsletter/Blog)

Dynamics of soil microbial biomass and activity in conventional and organic farming systems (Article/Newsletter/Blog)

Population energetics of Bacerial feeding nematobles respiration and metabolic rates based on CO2 production (Article/Newsletter/Blog)

Researcher find shortterm insect problems longterm weed problems (Article/Newsletter/Blog)

Transition from conventional to lowinput agriculture changes soil fertility and biology (Article/Newsletter/Blog)

Dynamica of nematode communities in tomatoes grown in conventional and organic farming systems and their impact on soil fertility (Article/Newsletter/Blog)

Commodities

Not commodity specific

Practices

Education and Training: extension, workshop

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or SARE.