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study regions at sub-national levels, including, at least, two levels of analysis (e.g.,
farm and district).
2) What was the institutional context (partners with which cooperated?)
The EU-INCO-dev project consortium was composed of eight research institutes
from five countries:
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Alterra Green World Research Institute (Alterra), Plant Research International (PRI)
and Group Plant Production Systems (PPS), Wageningen UR, The Netherlands
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Zhejiang University (ZU), P.R. China
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National Institute for Soils and Fertilizers (NISF), and Cuu Long Delta Rice
Research Institute (CLRRI), Vietnam;
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Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU), Philippines
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Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-IFU), Forschungszentrum
Karlsruhe, Germany
Four regional studies were carried out together with different stakeholders (policy-
makers, planners, farmers) from: (i) Omon district, Cantho province, Vietnam (ii) Tam
Duong district, Vinh Phuc province, Vietnam (iii) Dingras/Batac municipality, Ilocos
Norte, Philippines and (iv) Pujiang county, Zhejiang province, P.R. China.
B) Project objectives
1) What were the initial project objectives?
The main objectives of IRMLA were:
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to develop scientific-technical approaches that support development of sustainable
land use systems through informed decision-making on resource use at various
hierarchical levels, and policy design
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to develop operational tools integrated in a decision support system for multi-
scale analysis of land use systems and appropriate policy interventions, and
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to design innovative production systems that produce sufficient food and that are
resource-use efficient and tailored to sustainable land use.
2) Have there been any (major) changes to these objectives and for what reason?
Objectives have not been changed.
C) Project activities
1) Which activities were employed to meet the objectives?
The work concentrated on effective farm level integration of recent research results
from field level on natural resource management (NRM) and regional policy
evaluation. Five major activities can be distinguished:
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