US-India Planning Visit: Complex Interactions of Ecological and Socioeconomic Factors that Drive Sustainability of Ancient South Indian Agroecosystems

1160768 Russell该奖项为Ann Russell博士访问印度提供种子基金，以促进与喀拉拉邦农业大学（KAU）科学家的合作研究项目，该项目侧重于推动古代南印度农业生态系统可持续性的生态和社会经济因素的复杂相互作用。合作者是爱荷华州立大学自然资源生态与管理系的罗素博士和爱荷华州立大学自然资源生态与管理系的罗素博士。莫汉·库马尔，林业学院院长，英迪拉·德维，环境经济学教授。此次计划访问将为探索喀拉拉邦拥有4000年历史的农业系统的生态和社会经济基础的新研究提供基础，并促进“催化新的国际合作”招标提案的发展。这项探索性工作的发现将为随后提交给CNH（自然和人类系统耦合动力学）计划的提案提供必要的背景。国家科学基金会的资助将使PI有可能组织一个多学科小组，开始研究与南印度农业系统可持续性有关的生物地球化学和社会经济因素的耦合效应。这一系列项目的最终目标是制定一个概念框架，以促进对广泛农业系统可持续性控制的理解。研究生和本科生参与这些项目也将为美国学生提供独特的国际研究经验。

1160768 Russell This award provides seed-funding for a visit to India for Dr. Ann Russell to catalyze a collaborative research project with scientists at Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) focusing on the Complex Interactions of Ecological and Socioeconomic Factors that Drive the Sustainability of Ancient South Indian Agro-Ecosystems. The collaborators are Dr. Russell, Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management, Iowa State University and Drs. Mohan Kumar, Dean of the College of Forestry and Indira Devi, Professor of Environmental Economics at KAU. The planning visit will provide the foundation for new research that will explore the ecological and socioeconomic underpinnings of the 4000-yr-old agricultural systems in Kerala as well as facilitate the development of a proposal for the Catalyzing New International Collaborations solicitation. The findings from this exploratory work will provide the necessary background for a subsequent proposal to be submitted to the CNH (Dynamics of Coupled Natural and HumanSystems) Program. NSF funding will make it possible for the PI to organize a multi-disciplinary team to begin new research on the coupled effects of biogeochemical and socioeconomic factors in relation to the sustainability of South Indian agricultural systems. The ultimate goal of this series of projects is to develop a conceptual framework that advances understanding of the controls over sustainability for a broad array of agricultural systems. The inclusion of graduates and undergraduates in these projects will also provide unique international research experiences for US students.