Professor Rob Cramb
Honorary Professor & Honorary Professor
School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability
Hartley Teakle Building (83), Room S511, St Lucia Campus
Teaching and Development
- AGRC3518/7520 International Agricultural Development
- ENVM1512 Ecological Economics
- ENVM3523/7511 Natural Resource Management
Researcher biography
Rob Cramb is Professor of Agricultural Development. His research interests centre on rural development, agrarian change, and natural resource management in Southeast Asia, focusing on the evolution of farming systems, land tenure arrangements, and community-based resource management in a variety of agro-ecological zones.
He graduated in agricultural economics from the University of Melbourne, then worked in Sarawak, Malaysia, for 6 years with the Department of Agriculture, first as a volunteer with Australian Volunteers International and subsequently as a consultant for the World Bank funded National Extension Project. He then undertook PhD studies at Monash University in development economics and Southeast Asian studies, returning to Sarawak for fieldwork on the evolution of Iban agriculture and customary land tenure. In 1987 he took up a position at the University of Queensland as lecturer in agricultural development. He has coordinated undergraduate and postgraduate programs in agricultural and resource economics and continued to teach and research issues of agricultural development and natural resource management in Southeast Asia in collaboration with colleagues in soil, crop, and animal science. Most recently he has been involved in assessing the impacts on customary landholders and small-scale farmers of the rapid expansion of oil palm plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia. He is currently involved in research on developing more inclusive models for smallholder engagement in global commodity chains, using cassava as a case study.
Publications
Book
Cramb, R. A. (2007). Land and longhouse: Agrarian transformation in the uplands of Sarawak. Copenhagan, Denmark: NIAS Press.
Book Chapters
Van Kien, Nguyen, Hoang Han, Nguyen and Cramb, Rob (2020). Trends in rice-based farming systems in the Mekong Delta. White Gold: The Commercialisation of Rice Farming in the Lower Mekong Basin. (pp. 347-373) edited by Rob Cramb. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-0998-8_17
Manivong, Vongpaphane and Cramb, Rob (2020). From subsistence to commercial rice production in Laos. White Gold: The Commercialisation of Rice Farming in the Lower Mekong Basin. (pp. 103-119) edited by Rob Cramb. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-0998-8_5
Williams, Liana and Cramb, Rob (2020). Adapting the green revolution for Laos. White Gold: The Commercialisation of Rice Farming in the Lower Mekong Basin. (pp. 121-149) edited by Rob Cramb. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-0998-8_6
Cramb, Rob (2020). The evolution of rice farming in the Lower Mekong Basin. White Gold: the commercialisation of rice farming in the Lower Mekong Basin. (pp. 3-35) edited by Rob Cramb. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-0998-8_1
Suebpongsang, Pornsiri, Ekasingh, Benchaphun and Cramb, Rob (2020). Commercialisation of rice farming in Northeast Thailand. White Gold: The Commercialisation of Rice Farming in the Lower Mekong Basin. (pp. 39-68) edited by Rob Cramb. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-0998-8_2
Cramb, Rob, Sareth, Chea and Vuthy, Theng (2020). The Commercialisation of Rice Farming in Cambodia. White Gold: The Commercialisation of Rice Farming in the Lower Mekong Basin. (pp. 227-245) Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-0998-8_11
Newby, Jonathan, Manivong, Vongpaphane and Cramb, Rob (2020). Economic Constraints to the Intensification of Rainfed Lowland Rice in Laos. White Gold: The Commercialisation of Rice Farming in the Lower Mekong Basin. (pp. 201-223) Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-0998-8_10
Cramb, Rob (2020). Issues of Rice Policy in the Lower Mekong Basin. White Gold: The Commercialisation of Rice Farming in the Lower Mekong Basin. (pp. 425-456) Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-0998-8_21
Sareth, Chea, Cramb, Rob and Fukai, Shu (2020). The role of irrigation in the commercialisation of rice farming in southern Cambodia. White Gold: the commercialisation of rice farming in the Lower Mekong Basin. (pp. 261-289) edited by Rob Cramb. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-0998-8_13
Cramb, Rob (2017). Shifting cultivation and human interaction with forests. Routledge Handbook of the Environment in Southeast Asia. (pp. 180-203) edited by Philip Hirsch. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315474892
Cramb, Rob and McCarthy, John F. (2016). Characterising oil palm production in Indonesia and Malaysia. The oil palm complex: smallholders, agribusiness and the state in Indonesia and Malaysia. (pp. 27-77) edited by Rob A. Cramb and John F. McCarthy. Singapore: NUS Press.
Cramb, Rob and McCarthy, John F. (2016). Conclusion. The oil palm complex: smallholders, agribusiness and the state in Indonesia and Malaysia. (pp. 442-464) edited by Rob A. Cramb and John F. McCarthy. Singapore: NUS Press.
Cramb, Rob and McCarthy, John F (2016). Introduction. The oil palm complex: smallholders, agribusiness and the state in Indonesia and Malaysia. (pp. 1-26) edited by Rob A. Cramb and John F. McCarthy. Singapore: NUS Press.
Cramb, Rob and Sujang, Patrick S. (2016). Oil palm smallholders and state policies in Sarawak. The oil palm complex: smallholders, agribusiness and the state in Indonesia and Malaysia. (pp. 247-282) edited by Rob Cramb and John F. McCarthy. Singapore, Singapore: NUS Press.
Cramb, Rob (2016). The political economy of large-scale oil palm development in Sarawak. The oil palm complex: smallholders, agribusiness and the state in Indonesia and Malaysia. (pp. 189-246) edited by Rob A. Cramb and John F. McCarthy. Singapore: NUS Press.
Cramb, R. A. and Newby, J. C. (2015). Trajectories of rice-farming households in mainland Southeast Asia. Trajectories of rice-based farming systems in mainland Southeast Asia. (pp. 35-71) edited by R. A. Cramb. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).
Cramb, R. A. (2015). Introduction. Trajectories of rice-based farming systems in mainland Southeast Asia. (pp. 1-15) edited by R. A. Cramb. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research ( ACIAR).
Cramb, R. A., Gray, G. D., Gummert, M., Haefele, S. M., Lefroy, R. B. D., Newby, J. C., Stur, W. and Warr, P. (2015). Implications of farming trajectories for agricultural research. Trajectories of rice-based farming systems in mainland Southeast Asia. (pp. 189-199) edited by R. A. Cramb. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research ( ACIAR).
Cramb, Rob (2015). Busy people, idle land: The changing roles of swidden fallows in Sarawak. Shifting Cultivation and Environmental Change: Indigenous People, Agriculture and Forest Conservation. (pp. 770-793) edited by Malcolm F. Cairns. London and New York: Routledge.
Manivong, Vongpaphane and Cramb, Rob (2015). Impacts of smallholder rubber on shifting cultivation and rural livelihoods in northern Laos. Shifting Cultivation and Environmental Change: Indigenous People, Agriculture and Forest Conservation. (pp. 826-840) edited by Malcolm F. Cairns. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Cramb, R. A. (2012). Beyond the longhouse: Iban shifting cultivators come to town. Revisiting rural places: Pathways to poverty and prosperity in Southeast Asia. (pp. 68-87) edited by Jonathan Rigg and Peter Vandergeest. Singapore: NUS Press.
Cramb, R. A. (2011). Agrarian transitions in Sarawak: Intensification and expansion reconsidered. Borneo transformed: Agricultural expansion on the Southeast Asian frontier. (pp. 44-93) edited by Rodolphe de Koninck, Stephane Bernard and Jean-Francois Bissonnette. Singapore: National University of Singapore Press.
Manivong, Vongpaphane and Cramb, R. A. (2008). The adoption of smallholder rubber production by shifting cultivators in Northern Laos: a village case study. Smallholder Tree Growing for Rural Development and Environmental Services: Lessons from Asia. (pp. 117-138) edited by Denyse J. Snelder and Rodel D. Lasco. Dordrecht , Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8261-0_5
Cramb, Rob (2005). Rethinking the development, dissemination and adoption of agricultural technologies. Participatory research and development for sustainable agriculture and natural resource management: A sourcebook. (pp. 145-150) edited by J. Gonsalves, T. Becker, A. Braun, D. Campilan, H. De Chavez, E. Fajber, M. Kapiriri, J. Rivaca-Caminade and R. Vernooy. Ottawa, Canada: IRDC and International Potato Centre.
Cramb, R. A. (2000). Evaluation of Soil Conservation Technologies: A Summing Up. Soil conservation technologies for smallholder farming systems in the Philippines Uplands: A socioeconomic evaluation. (pp. 195-212) edited by R. Cramb. Canberra: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
Nelson, R. A. and Cramb, R. A. (2000). Bioeconomic Modelling of Hedgerow Intercropping. Soil conservation technologies for smallholder farming systems in the Philippines Uplands. (pp. 119-143) edited by Robert A. Cramb. Canberra: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
Gerrits, R. V., Cramb, R. A., Garcia, J. N. and Saguiguit, G. C. (2000). Approcahes to the Promotion of Soil Conservation Technologies in the Case Study Sites. Soil conservation technologies for smallholder farming systems in the Philippines Uplands : a socioeconomic evaluation. (pp. 96-118) edited by Robert Cramb. Canberra: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
Cramb, R. A., Garcia, J. N., Gerrits, R. V. and Saguiguit, G. C. (2000). Adoption of Soil Conservation Technologies in the Case Study Sites. Soil Conservation Technologies for Smallholder Farming Systems in the Philippine Uplands. (pp. 72-95) edited by R Cramb. Canberra: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
Garcia, J. N., Gerrits, R. V., Cramb, R. A. and Saguiguit, G. C. (2000). Characteristics and Implementation of Soil Conservation Technologies in the Case Study Sites. Soil conservation technologies for smallholder farming systems in the Philippines Uplands: A socioeconomic evaluation. (pp. 52-71) edited by Robert Cramb. Canberra: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
Cramb, R. A., Garcia, J. N., Gerrits, R. V. and Saguiguit, G. C. (2000). Profiles of the Case Study Sites. Soil conservation technologies for smallholder farming systems in the Philippines Uplands: A socioeconomic evaluation. (pp. 38-51) edited by R. A. Cramb. Canberra: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
Cramb, Robert A. (2000). Agricultural land degradation in the Philippine uplands: An overview. Soil Conservation Technologies for Smallholder Farming Systems in the Philippine Uplands. (pp. 23-37) edited by Robert Cramb. Canberra: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
Cramb, R. A. (2000). Research Framework. Soil conservation technologies for smallholder farming systems in the Philippines Uplands: A socioeconomic evaluation. (pp. 12-22) edited by R. A. Cramb. Canberra: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
Cramb, R. A. and Saguiguit, G. C. (2000). Introduction. Soil Conservation Technologies for Smallholder Farming Systems in the Philippine Uplands. (pp. 9-11) edited by R. A. Cramb. Canberra: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
Windle, J. and Cramb, R. A. (1999). Roads, remoteness and rural development: Social impacts of rural roads on upland farmers in Sarawak, Malaysia. Rural Development and Social Science Research: Cases from Borneo. (pp. 215-250) edited by V. T. King. Williamsburg: Borneo Research Council.
Journal Articles
Habib, Nusrat, Rankin, Peter, Alauddin, Mohammad and Cramb, Rob (2022). Determinants of livelihood diversification in rural rain-fed region of Pakistan: evidence from fractional multinomial logit (FMLOGIT) estimation. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30 (5), 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-23040-6
Habib, Nusrat, Alauddin, Mohammad, Cramb, Rob and Rankin, Peter (2022). A differential analysis for men and women's determinants of livelihood diversification in rural rain-fed region of Pakistan: an ordered logit model (OLOGIT) approach. Social Sciences and Humanities Open, 5 (1) 100257, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ssaho.2022.100257
Habib, Nusrat, Alauddin, Mohammad and Cramb, Rob (2022). What defines livelihood vulnerability to climate change in rain-fed, rural regions? A qualitative study of men’s and women’s vulnerability to climate change in Pakistan’s Punjab. Cogent Social Sciences, 8 (1) 2054152. doi: 10.1080/23311886.2022.2054152
Kabir, Jahangir, Cramb, Rob, Alauddin, Mohammad, Gaydon, Donald S. and Roth, Christian H. (2020). Farmers’ perceptions and management of risk in rice/shrimp farming systems in South-West Coastal Bangladesh. Land Use Policy, 95 104577, 104577. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104577
Kabir, Md. Jahangir, Cramb, Rob, Alauddin, Mohammad and Gaydon, Donald S. (2019). Farmers’ perceptions and management of risk in rice-based farming systems of south-west coastal Bangladesh. Land Use Policy, 86, 177-188. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.04.040
Afroz, Sharmin, Cramb, Rob and Grunbuhel, Clemens (2018). Vulnerability and response to cyclones in coastal Bangladesh: A political ecology perspective. Asian Journal of Social Science, 46 (6), 601-637. doi: 10.1163/15685314-04606002
Kabir, Md. Jahangir, Gaydon, Donald S., Cramb, Rob and Roth, Christian H. (2018). Bio-economic evaluation of cropping systems for saline coastal Bangladesh: I. biophysical simulation in historical and future environments. Agricultural Systems, 162, 107-122. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2018.01.027
Kabir, Md. Jahangir, Cramb, Rob, Gaydon, Donald S. and Roth, Christian H. (2017). Bio-economic evaluation of cropping systems for saline coastal Bangladesh: III Benefits of adaptation in current and future environments. Agricultural Systems, 161, 28-41. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2017.12.006
Kabir, Md Jahangir, Cramb, Rob, Alauddin, Mohammad, Roth, Christian and Crimp, Steven (2017). Farmers' perceptions of and responses to environmental change in southwest coastal Bangladesh. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 58 (3), 362-378. doi: 10.1111/apv.12165
Kabir, Md. Jahangir, Cramb, Rob, Gaydon, Donald S. and Roth, Christian H. (2017). Bio-economic evaluation of cropping systems for saline coastal Bangladesh: II. Economic viability in historical and future environments. Agricultural Systems, 155, 103-115. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2017.05.002
Cramb, Rob, Manivong, Vongpaphane, Newby, Jonathan C., Sothorn, Kem and Sibat, Patrick S. (2017). Alternatives to land grabbing: exploring conditions for smallholder inclusion in agricultural commodity chains in Southeast Asia. Journal of Peasant Studies, 44 (4), 813-841. doi: 10.1080/03066150.2016.1242482
Afroz, Sharmin, Cramb, Rob and Grunbuhel, Clemens (2017). Exclusion and counter-exclusion: the struggle over shrimp farming in a coastal village in Bangladesh. Development and Change, 48 (4), 692-720. doi: 10.1111/dech.12310
Afroz, Sharmin, Cramb, Rob and Grunbuhel, Clemens (2016). Ideals and institutions: systemic reasons for the failure of a social forestry program in south-west Bangladesh. Geoforum, 77, 161-173. doi: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2016.11.001
Dressler, Wolfram H., Wilson, David, Clendenning, Jessica, Cramb, Rob, Keenan, Rodney, Mahanty, Sango, Bech Bruun, Thilde, Mertz, Ole and Lasco, Rodel D. (2016). The impact of swidden decline on livelihoods and ecosystem services in Southeast Asia: a review of the evidence from 1990 to 2015. Ambio, 46 (3), 1-20. doi: 10.1007/s13280-016-0836-z
Afroz, Sharmin, Cramb, Rob and Grunbuhel, Clemens (2016). Collective management of water resources in coastal Bangladesh: Formal and substantive approaches. Human Ecology, 44 (1), 17-31. doi: 10.1007/s10745-016-9809-x
Cramb, Rob (2016). Red Stamps and Gold Stars: Fieldwork Dilemmas in Upland Socialist Asia. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 37 (1), 115-117. doi: 10.1111/sjtg.12139
Priyanti, Atien, Cramb, Rob, Hanifah, Vyta W. and Mahendri I.G.A.P. (2015). Small-scale cattle raising in East Java, Indonesia: A pathway out of poverty?. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 56 (3), 335-350. doi: 10.1111/apv.12094
Kabir, Md. Jahangir, Cramb, Rob, Alauddin, Mohammad and Roth, Christian (2015). Farming adaptation to environmental change in coastal Bangladesh: shrimp culture versus crop diversification. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 18 (4), 1-22. doi: 10.1007/s10668-015-9697-z
Dressler, Wolfram, Wilson, David, Clendenning, Jessica, Cramb, Rob, Mahanty, Sango, Lasco, Rodel, Keenan, Rodney, To, Phuc and Gevana, Dixon (2015). Examining how long fallow swidden systems impact upon livelihood and ecosystem services outcomes compared with alternative land-uses in the uplands of Southeast Asia. Journal of Development Effectiveness, 7 (2), 210-229. doi: 10.1080/19439342.2014.991799
Newby, Jonathan, Cramb, Rob and Sakampet, Somphanh (2014). Forest transitions and rural livelihoods: multiple pathways of smallholder teak expansion in Northern Laos. Land, 3 (2), 482-503. doi: 10.3390/land3020482
Manivong, Vongpaphane, Cramb, Rob and Newby, Jonathan (2014). Rice and remittances: crop intensification versus labour migration in Southern Laos. Human Ecology, 42 (3), 367-379. doi: 10.1007/s10745-014-9656-6
Cramb, R. A. (2013). Palmed off: incentive problems with joint-venture schemes for oil palm development on customary land. World Development, 43, 84-99. doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.10.015
Cramb, R. A. and Sujang, Patrick S. (2013). The mouse deer and the crocodile: oil palm smallholders and livelihood strategies in Sarawak, Malaysia. Journal of Peasant Studies, 40 (1), 129-154. doi: 10.1080/03066150.2012.750241
Cramb, Rob and Curry, George N. (2012). Oil palm and rural livelihoods in the Asia-Pacific region: An overview. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 53 (3), 223-239. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2012.01495.x
Priyanti, A., Mahendri, I. G.A.P., Cahyadi, F. and Cramb, R. A. (2012). Income over feed cost for small- to medium-scale beef cattle fattening operations in East Java. Journal of the Indonesian Tropical Animal Agriculture, 37 (3), 195-201. doi: 10.14710/jitaa.37.3.195-201
Cramb, Rob A. and Ferarro, Deanna (2012). Custom and capital: a financial appraisal of alternative arrangements for large-scale oil palm development on customary land in Sarawak, Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies, 49 (1), 49-69.
Newby, Jonathan C., Cramb, R. A., Sakanphet, Somphanh and McNamara, Sean (2012). Smallholder teak and agrarian change in Northern Laos. Small-Scale Forestry, 11 (1), 27-46. doi: 10.1007/s11842-011-9167-x
Newby, J.C. and Cramb, R.A. (2011). Economic impacts of conservation farming in a marginal environment: the case of Landcare in the Philippines. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 9 (3), 456-470. doi: 10.1080/14735903.2011.583479
Ziegler, Alan D., Fox, Jeff M., Webb, Edward L., Padoch, Christine, Leisz, Steve J., Cramb, Rob A., Mertz, Ole, Bruun, Thilde B. and Vien, Tran Duc (2011). Recognizing contemporary roles of swidden agriculture in transforming landscapes of Southeast Asia. Conservation Biology, 25 (4), 846-848. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01664.x
Cramb, Rob and Sujang, Patrick S. (2011). 'Shifting ground': Renegotiating land rights and rural livelihoods in Sarawak, Malaysia. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 52 (2), 136-147. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2011.01446.x
Cramb, R. A. (2011). Re-inventing dualism: Policy narratives and modes of oil palm expansion in Sarawak, Malaysia. Journal of Development Studies, 47 (2), 274-293. doi: 10.1080/00220380903428381
Cramb, R. A. (2010). Agrarian angst and rural resistance in contemporary Southeast Asia. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 51 (2), 226-228. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2010.01427.x
Cramb, Rob (2010). Comment on 'Indigeneity, Capitalism, and the Management of Dispossession' by Tania Murray Li. Current Anthropology, 51 (3), 401-402.
Cramb, R. A., Colfer, C. J. P., Dressler, W., Laungaramsri, P., Le, Q. T., Mulyoutami, E., Peluso, N. L. and Wadley, R. L. (2009). Swidden transformations and rural livelihoods in Southeast Asia. Human Ecology, 37 (3), 323-346. doi: 10.1007/s10745-009-9241-6
Mertz, Ole, Padoch, Christine, Fox, Jefferson, Cramb, R. A., Leisz, Stephen J., Lam, Nguyen Thanh and Vien, Tran Duc (2009). Swidden Change in Southeast Asia: Understanding causes and consequences. Human Ecology, 37 (3), 259-264. doi: 10.1007/s10745-009-9245-2
McCarthy, J. F. and Cramb, R. A. (2009). Policy narratives, landholder engagement, and oil palm expansion on the Malaysian and Indonesian frontiers. The Geographical Journal, 175 (2), 112-123. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2009.00322.x
Manivong, V. and Cramb, R. A. (2008). Economics of Smallholder Rubber Expansion in Northern Laos. Agroforestry Systems, 74 (2), 113-125. doi: 10.1007/s10457-008-9136-3
Cramb, R. A. (2007). Participation in Community Landcare Groups in the Philippines: a social capital perspective. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 14 (2), 93-102. doi: 10.1080/14486563.2007.10648706
Cramb, RA and Catacutan, D (2007). The 'Landcare' approach to soil conservation in the Philippines: an assessment of farm-level impacts. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 47 (6), 721-726. doi: 10.1071/EA06049
Cramb, R. A. (2006). The role of social capital in the promotion of conservation farming: The case of 'landcare' in the southern Philippines. Land Degradation & Development, 17 (1), 23-30. doi: 10.1002/ldr.691
Cramb, Rob A. (2005). Social capital and soil conservation: Evidence from the Philippines. The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 49 (2), 211-226. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2005.00286.x
Yang, S., Hundloe, T. J. and Cramb, R. A. (2005). How China is adopting market mechanisms to foster soil and water conservation. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 12 (1), 37-46. doi: 10.1080/14486563.2005.9725070
Cramb, R. A. (2005). Farmers' strategies for managing acid upland soils in Southeast Asia: an evolutionary perspective. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 106 (1), 69-87. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2004.07.011
Cramb, R. A., Purcell, T. and Ho, T. C. S. (2004). Participatory assessment of rural livelihoods in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Agricultural Systems, 81 (3), 255-272. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2003.11.005
Cramb, R. A. and Culasero, Z. (2003). Landcare and livelihoods: The promotion and adoption of conservation farming systems in the Philippine uplands. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 1 (2), 141-154.
Garcia, J. N. M., Gerrits, R. V. and Cramb, R. A. (2002). Adoption and maintenance of contour bunds and hedgerows in a dynamic environment - Experience in the Philippine uplands. Mountain Research and Development, 22 (1), 10-13. doi: 10.1659/0276-4741(2002)022[0010:AAMOCB]2.0.CO;2
Cramb, R. A., Garcia, J. N., Gerrits, R. V. and Saguiguit, G. C. (2000). Conservation farming projects in the Philippine uplands: Rhetoric and reality. World Development, 28 (5), 911-928. doi: 10.1016/S0305-750X(99)00157-6
Cramb, R. A., Garcia, J. N. M., Gerrits, R. V. and Saguiguit, G. C. (1999). Smallholder adoption of soil conservation technologies: Evidence from upland projects in the Philippines. Land Degradation and Development, 10 (5), 405-423. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-145X(199909/10)10:5<405::AID-LDR334>3.0.CO;2-J
Nelson, RA, Cramb, RA and Mamicpic, MA (1998). Erosion/productivity modelling of maize farming in the Philippine uplands part III: Economic analysis of alternative farming methods. Agricultural Systems, 58 (2), 165-183. doi: 10.1016/S0308-521X(98)00045-6
Nelson, RA, Dimes, JP, Silburn, DM, Paningbatan, EP and Cramb, RA (1998). Erosion/productivity modelling of maize farming in the Philippine uplands part II: Simulation of alternative farming methods. Agricultural Systems, 58 (2), 147-163. doi: 10.1016/S0308-521X(98)00044-4
Nelson, RA and Cramb, RA (1998). Economic incentives for farmers in the Philippine uplands to adopt hedgerow intercropping. Journal of Environmental Management, 54 (2), 83-100. doi: 10.1006/jema.1998.0220
Nelson, RA, Cramb, RA, Menz, KM and Mamicpic, MA (1998). Cost-benefit analysis of alternative forms of hedgerow intercropping in the Philippine uplands. Agroforestry Systems, 39 (3), 241-262. doi: 10.1023/A:1005953032133
Windle, Jill and Cramb, R. A. (1997). Remoteness and rural development: Economic impacts of rural roads on upland farmers in Sarawak, Malaysia. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 38 (1), 37-53. doi: 10.1111/1467-8373.00027
Nelson, RA, Grist, PG, Menz, KM, Cramb, RA, Paningbatan, EP and Mamicpic, MA (1996). A cost-benefit analysis of hedgerow intercropping in the Philippine uplands using the SCUAF model. Agroforestry Systems, 35 (2), 203-220. doi: 10.1007/BF00122780
Johnson A.K.L., Cramb R.A. and McAlpine J.R. (1994). Integrated land evaluation as an aid to land use planning in Northern Australia. Journal of Environmental Management, 40 (2), 139-154. doi: 10.1006/jema.1994.1010
Johnson A.K.L., Cramb R.A. and Wegener M.K. (1994). The use of crop yield prediction as a tool for land evaluation studies in Northern Australia. Agricultural Systems, 46 (1), 93-111. doi: 10.1016/0308-521X(94)90171-B
Johnson, A. K.L., Cramb, R. A. and McAlpine, J. R. (1994). Integration of biophysical and economic data using an expert system: results from a case study in northern Australia. Soil Use and Management, 10 (4), 181-188. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.1994.tb00483.x
Windle, J. and Cramb, R. A. (1993). Contingent valuation as a guide to environmental policy: an application to the conservation of natural bushland in Brisbane. Economic Analysis and Policy, 23 (2), 139-149. doi: 10.1016/S0313-5926(93)50032-2
Cramb R.A. (1993). Shifting cultivation and sustainable agriculture in East Malaysia: A longitudinal case study. Agricultural Systems, 42 (3), 209-226. doi: 10.1016/0308-521X(93)90055-7
Johnson, A. K.L. and Cramb, R. A. (1991). Development of a simulation based land evaluation system using crop modelling, expert systems and risk analysis. Soil Use and Management, 7 (4), 239-246. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.1991.tb00881.x
Cramb, R. A. and Wills, I. R. (1990). The role of traditional institutions in rural development: Community-based land tenure and government land policy in Sarawak, Malaysia. World Development, 18 (3), 347-360. doi: 10.1016/0305-750X(90)90122-E
Cramb, R. A. (1989). The use and productivity of labour in shifting cultivation: An East Malaysian case study. Agricultural Systems, 29 (2), 97-115. doi: 10.1016/0308-521X(89)90057-7
Conference Papers
Gusti Ayu Putu Mahendri, I., Waldron, Scott, Cramb, Rob and Wegener, Malcolm (2023). Source of Finance and Factors Considered by Banks in the Provision of Credit for Cattle Fattening in East Java Province, Indonesia. 4th International Conference of Animal Science and Technology (ICAST) 2021, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, 9-10 November 2021. Melville, NY United States: American Institute of Physics. doi: 10.1063/5.0143949
Manivong, Vongpaphane, Newby, Jonathan and Cramb, Rob (2014). Subsistence-oriented rice farming in the rainfed lowlands of central and southern Laos—a policy dilemma. A policy dialogue on rice futures: rice-based farming systems research in the Mekong region, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 7–9 May 2014. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
Cramb, Rob (2014). Trajectories of rice-farming households in mainland South-East Asia. A policy dialogue on rice futures: rice-based farming systems research in the Mekong region, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 7–9 May 2014. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
Newby, J. C, Manivong, V and Cramb, R. A. (2013). Intensification of lowland rice-based farming systems in Laos in the context of diversified rural livelihoods. 57th AARES Annual Conference, Sydney , Australia, 5th-8th February, 2013.
Manivong, Vongpaphane, Cramb, Rob and Newby, Jonathan (2012). Rice and remittances: the impact of labour migration on rice intensification in Southern Laos. 56th Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference (AARES), Freemantle, WA, Australia, 7-10 February 2012. Canberra, Australia: The Australian National University, Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government.
Cramb, R. A. and Sujang, P. S. (2011). The mousedeer and the crocodile: Oil palm smallholders and livelihood strategies in Sarawak, Malaysia. International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM), Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, 13-17 June 2011.
Newby, Jonathan C., Cramb, Rob A. and McNamara, S. (2010). Smallholder teak and agrarian change in Northern Laos. RCSD International Conference. Revisiting Agrarian Transformations in Southeast Asia: Empirical, Theoretical and Applied Perspectives, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 13-15 May 2010. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University.
Newby, J. C. and Cramb, R. A. (2009). Living on the margin: Assessing the economic impacts of Landcare in the Philippine uplands. Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society 53rd Annual Conference, Cairns, North Queensland, 10-13 February 2009. University of Minnesota, St Paul, USA: AgEcon Search.
Cramb, R. A. and Newby J. (2008). Economic impacts of landcare in the Central Philippines: A preliminary report. AARES 51st annual Conference, Queenstown, New Zealand, 13-16 Feb 2007. Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
Chea, S., Cramb, R. A. and Fukai, S. (2004). The economics of rice double-cropping with supplementary irrigation in the rainfed lowlands of Cambodia: A survey in two provinces. Water in Agriculture, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 25-28 November 2003. Canberra: Australian Centre for International Research.
Cramb, R. A. and Culasero, Z. (2003). Landcare and livelihoods: The promotion and adoption of conservation farming systems in the Philippine uplands. 1st Australian Farming Systems Association Conference: Farming systems in the future, Toowoomba, Australia, 7-10 September, 2003. Toowoomba: Australian Farming Systems Association.
Chea, S., Cramb, R. A., Nesbitt, H.J., Fukai, S., Chan, P. and Cox, P. (2001). Crop intensification of rice-based farming systems in Cambodia. Increased Lowland Rice Production in the Mekong Region, Vientiane, Laos, 30 October - 2 November, 2000. Canberra, ACT: Australian Cenre for International Agricultural Research.
Purcell, T., Nacalaban, W., Gabunada, F. and Cramb, R. A. (2000). Assessing the impact of agricultural technologies in smallholder farming systems: results from a participatory monitoring and evaluation study on forages in Malitbog, Northern Mindanao, Philippines. International Workshop on Working with Farmers: The Key to Adp, Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, 12 - 15 October 1999. Canberra: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
Cramb, R. A. (2000). Processes Affecting the Successful Adoption of New Technology by Smallholders. International Workshop on Working with Farmers: The Key to Adp, Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, 12 - 15 October 1999. Canberra: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
Reference Entry
Cramb, R. A. (2001). Hill Rice Farming.
Working Papers
Smith, D., Newby, J., Cu Thi Le Thuy, Yadav, L., Malik, A. I. and Cramb, R. (2018). Smallholder farmer use and sources of cassava varieties - implications for private sector involvement in technology dissemination. Cassava Program Discussion Papers. 10. School of Agriculture & Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia.
Smith, D., Newby, J., Malik, A. I., Yadav, L. and Cramb, R. (2018). Fertiliser use patterns of smallholder farmers-implications for private sector involvement in technology dissemination. Cassava Program Discussion Papers. 8. School of Agriculture & Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia.
Smith, D., Newby, J., Cu Thi Le Thuy, Yadav, L., Malik, A. I. and Cramb, R. (2018). Smallholder farmer experience with cassava related pests and diseases and their view on clean/certified planting materials. Cassava Program Discussion Papers. 9. School of Agriculture & Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia.
Research Reports
Cramb, R. A. and Purcell, T. (2001). How to Monitor and Evaluate Impacts of Participatory Research Project: A case study of the forages for smallholders project. Cali, Colombia: Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT).
Department Technical Reports
Cramb, Rob, Culasero-Arellano, Zorina and Catacutan, Delia (2003). Landcare in Bukidnon. Philippines-Australia Landcare Project, Evaluation Report, Evaluation Report No. 2. Landcare, Philippines – Australia Landcare Project.
Cramb, Rob and Culasero-Arellano, Zorina (2003). Landcare in South Cotabato. Philippines-Australia Landcare Project, Evaluation Report, Landcare, Philippines-Australia Landcare.