UPWARD Newsletter

	Volume 11, Numbers 1 & 2, June - December 2002 Edition focus: R&D Partnerships with Local Institutions (Download the e-file version: 647 kb in pdf format)		Volume 10, Numbers 1 & 2, June - December 2001 Edition focus: Cultural and Biological Diversity (Download the e-file version: 665 kb in pdf format)
Articles in this Issue		Articles in this Issue
Carlos S. Basilio, Lilibeth B. Laranang, Perfecto U. Bartolini and Jocelyn C. Perez. Engaging Local Government: Sweetpotato R&D in the Philippines. Coordinator's Comments: Preserving the core, stimulating progress. Dindo M. Campilan. International Workshop Tackles Issues on FFS as Platform for Farmer Learning and Empowerment. Dindo M. Campilan. Participatory Research for and with Multiple Users: Sharing Experiences at the UPWARD 2002 Meeting. Lilibeth B. Laranang and Carlos S. Basilio. Strengthening Local Systems for Producing Sweetpotato Plating Materials. Rofik Sinung-Basuki. Multi-User Evaluation of Processing-type Potatoes in Indonesia. Gelia T. Castillo. Taking Multiple-Users' Perspectives: Reflections on Value Added to Agricultural R&D. Hidelisa de Ramos de Chavez. Development of a Sourcebook on Agrobiodiversity Conservation and Use. Wayne G. Ganpat and Vyjayanthi Francis Lopez. Exploring Participatory Research in the Caribbean. Danilo A. Pezo, G. Douglas Gray and Somkiat Saithanoo. Improving Small-scale Crop/Livestock Systems in Southeast Asia Through the CASREN Network. Julian A. Lapitan and Mark A. Bell. Building Local R&D Partnership: IRRI's DAPITSAKA Project. Lorna E. Sister and Cherry Leah P. Bagalano. 2002 International Course on Participatory R&D. SEARICE, Jose Travero, Marina Labonite and Jose Labonite. Academe-NGO Research Collaboration: Strengthening Community-based Rice Genetic Resources Management. CIP-ESEAP and UPWARD Partner: VECO Indonesia.		Patricia L. Howard. Women in Local Plant Genetic Resource Management and Conservation. Coordinator's Comments: UPWARD in 2001. Rolinda T. Sanico (Excerpts from workshop proceedings). Experts' Consultation on Agrobiodiversity Conservation and the Role of Women. Julian Gonsalves and Raul Boncodin. Developing a Sourcebook on Agrobiodiversity Conservation. Gordon D. Prain. In Situ Conservation of Agrobiodiversity: Lessons from the Field. Raul Boncodin and Algerico Mariscal. Exploring Potentials of On-Farm Conservation of Sweetpotato Genetic Resources in Asia: Highlights of the 3^rd ANSWER International Workshop. Mike Nichols, Patricio Malagamba and Gisella Canessa. International Symposium on Sweetpotato. Dindo M. Campilan. PM&E for Integrated Crop Management: Highlights of a Regional Learning Workshop. Trinh Dinh Thau, Thai Thi Minh, Virginia Visconti and Dai Peters. Assessing the Impact of Sweetpotato-Pigfeed Research. Cherry Leah P. Bagalanon and Lorna E. Sister. UPWARD Course on Participatory R&D: Bringing Together Principles, Practices and People. Constancio C. de Guzman. Sampaguita Garland Making in Peri-Urban Manila: A String of Livelihoods. Nerlie Manalili and Locel Tumlos. Agro-Enterprise Development Course for Southeast Asia. Witono Adiyoga, Keith O. Fuglie and Rachman Suherman. Potato Marketing in North Sumatra: An Assessment of Indonesian Potato Trade. Jocelyn C. Perez. Revisiting Lowland Potato Production. Rhodora Gonzales. Developing a GIS-assisted Local Watershed Monitoring Tool. Lorna E. Sister. The Use of Wealth Rank as an Explanatory Variable in Modeling Farm Cultivation Decisions. Rolinda L. Talatala-Sanico. UPWARD Holds In-country Writeshop for Philippine Collaborators. CIP-ESEAP and UPWARD Partner: The National Institute of Animal Husbandry, Vietnam.