Natural resources management in agriculture methods for assessing economic and environmental impacts /

• Other Authors: Shiferaw, Bekele, Freeman, H. Ade., Swinton, Scott M.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Cambridge, MA, USA : CABI Pub., ©2005.
• Subjects: Agriculture > Congresses. > Environmental aspects; Agriculture > Congresses. > Economic aspects; Agricultural resources > Congresses. > Management; Agriculture > Environmental aspects.; Agriculture > Economic aspects.; Agricultural resources > Management.; Agriculture > Congrès. > Aspect de l'environnement; Agriculture > Congrès. > Aspect économique; Ressources agricoles > Congrès. > Gestion; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Agribusiness. > Industries; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Sustainable Agriculture. > Agriculture; Electronic books.; Conference proceedings.
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• Item Description: Based on papers from a workshop held at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics, Dec. 6-7, 2002.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 382 pages) : illustrations
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9780851990682 (electronic bk.); 0851990681 (electronic bk.); 1280908297; 9781280908293

This book examines methodological difficulties and presents practical methods that can be used in the assessment of the economic and environmental impacts of natural resource management (NRM) in agriculture. Following an introduction, part II (chapters 2-5) examines the valuation of ecosystem services and the measurement of biophysical indicators of NRM impacts. Part III (chapters 6-8) introduces advances in methods used to evaluate the economic and environmental impacts of NRM technology and policy interventions. Part IV (chapters 9-13) deals with NRM impact assessment in practice. Five case studies illustrate the methodological advances discussed in part III. Finally, part V (chapters 14-16) highlights some of the existing controversies and outlines best practices, research issues, and recommendations for NRM impact assessment into the future. The book has a subject index.