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demand-oriented interdisciplinary research approaches, and important contributions
were made to resolving technical problems and strengthening North-South partnerships.
These first steps in modifying the approach to development-oriented research fully
unfolded in the formulation of the second phase of the programme (2002-2005), in
which participation and inter-disciplinarity, complemented by the required capacity
building, became leading principles.

Table 1. Overview of Theme 2 projects running in DLO-IC 404, period 2002-2005. Summary
information on all projects is available at URL: http://www.north-south.nl/index.php/item/340)*

Project
acronym

Project leader
(current/initial)

Geo- and thematic focus Period

NUTSAL André de Jager (LEI) Kenya, semi-arid lands, nutrient

management; NUTMON

1998-2003

EPISODE Siebe van Wijk (LEI) Ethiopia, Kenya, China; land

degradation and policies

1999-2002

EROCHINA Coen Ritsema (Alterra) Loess Plateau, China; soil erosion

modelling

1998-2002

EroChinut Coen Ritsema (Alterra) Hilly purple region, Sichuan,

China; erosion and policy analysis

2001-2004

PIMEA Mary Mosugu (Alterra)

Gerdien Meijerink (LEI)

Ethiopia; land management and
policy analysis

2001-2003

INMASP André de Jager (LEI) East African Highlands; soil

fertility; Farmer Field Schools

2001-2005

MAMAS Paul van den Brink (Alterra) Thailand, Sri Lanka; pesticide

risk assessment

2000-2004

EROAHI Rik van den Bosch (Alterra)/

Simone Verzandvoort-van
Dijck (Alterra)

Kenya, Tanzania;
Soil-water conservation;
catchment approach

2000-2004

HIMALAYA Erik van den Elsen (Alterra) India, Pakistan, Nepal;

deforestation and erosion

2001-2005

IRMLA Reimund Roetter (Alterra) China, Philippines, Vietnam;

NRM and policy options; land
use scenario studies

2001-2005

VEGSYS Siebe van Wijk (LEI) China, Vietnam; vegetables; tech-

nologies for nutrients and pests

2001-2005

VINVAL Simone Verzandvoort-van

Dijck (Alterra)/ Kees van
Diepen (Alterra)

Burkina Faso, Ghana; Inland
valleys, land use change and
management

2001-2005

RMO-Beijing Reimund Roetter (Alterra)/

Kees van Diepen (Alterra)

China, Beijing municipality;
NRM; water management and
policy options

2002-2004

SEARUSYN Ben Kamphuis (LEI) China, Vietnam;

Rural-urban horticulture (cont.
former project China vegetables)

2002-2005

Conservation
Agriculture

Ab Wanders (A&F) South Africa, Zambia; tillage;

technology options (cont. former
project Sustainable production)

2003-2005

* In the mean-time, many of the project-specific websites have been moved and are, therefore, not given
here; it is recommended to trace project information on the web by using a search engine.