Session: 3.2B Dryland Conservation Technologies: Innovations for Enhancing Productivity and Sustainability


Tuesday, 11 July 2006: 10:15 AM
Convention Center, Room 113AB, First Floor
37: 3.2B Dryland Conservation Technologies: Innovations for Enhancing Productivity and Sustainability - Oral
Sponsor:	WCSS
Presiding:	Alan Schlegel, Southwest Res. Ext. Center
Convenors:	Cynthia Grant, Agriculture & AgriFood Canada John Havlin, NCSU-Dept. of Soil Science
10:15 AM	37-1	Dryland Agriculture Challenges and Opportunities. B.A. Stewart, West Texas A&M University
10:45 AM	37-2	Managing Precipitation Use in Dryland Systems to Enhance Productivity and Sustainability. Gary A. Peterson, Colorado State University, Dwayne Westfall, Colorado State University, Lajpat Ahuja, USDA-ARS, Great Plains Systems Research Unit
11:05 AM	37-3	Drought Mitigation through Micro-Level Conservation Practices by Smallholder Farmers in Zambia. David Kaumba Samazaka, Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust, Simunji Simunji, Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust
11:25 AM	37-4	Dryland Conservation Technologies for the Restoration of the Productive Capacity and the Conservation of Crust Prone Soils in the Sahel. A. Mando, IFDC, Robert B. Zougmor�, Institute for Environment and Agricultural Research (INERA)
11:45 AM	37-5	Enhancing Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Dryland Cropping Systems on the Northern Great Plains. Cynthia Grant, Agriculture & AgriFood Canada, Alan Schlegel, Southwest Research Extension Center, Kansas State University