International Research on Natural Resource Management [[electronic resource] ] : advances in impact assessment / / edited by Herman Waibel & David Zilberman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910446347803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, MA ; ; Wallingford, : CABI, 2007
• ISBN: 1-281-76556-2; 9786611765569; 1-84593-284-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): WaibelHermann <1951->; ZilbermanDavid <1947->
• Disciplina: 338.1
• Soggetti: Natural resources - Management - Research
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Tables and Figures; Part I: Introduction; 1 Why Natural Resource Management Research?; 2 The History of Natural Resource Management Research in the CGIAR; 3 Productivity Enhancement and Natural Resource Management; Part II: Natural Resource Management Case Studies: What Do They Tell Us?; 4 Natural Resource Management Case Studies: Overview and Summary; 5 CIMMYT. Assessing the Impact of Natural Resource Management Research: the Case of Zero Tillage in India's Rice-Wheat Systems; 6 CIAT. Impact of Participatory Natural Resource Management Research in Cassava-based Cropping Systems in Vietnam and Thailand7 WorldFish Centre. Impact of the Development and Dissemination of Integrated Aquaculture-Agriculture Technologies in Malawi; 8 World Agroforestry Centre. Impacts of Improved Tree Fallow Technology in Zambia; 9 ICARDA. Ex post Impact Assessment of Natural Resource Management Technologies in Crop-Livestock Systems in Dry Areas of Morocco and Tunisia; 10 IWMI. Assessing the Outcome of IWMI's Research and Interventions on Irrigation Management Transfer; 11 CIFOR. The Sustainability of Forest Management: Assessing the Impact of CIFOR Criteria and Indicators ResearchPart III: Lessons ; Learned and the Way Ahead; 12 The Major Lessons from the Case Studies; 13 The Way Ahead - Impact Assessment of Natural Resource Management Research; Index; A; C; E; F; G; H; I; M; N; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: Over the past two decades, significant investment has been made into agriculture-related natural resource management research in developing countries. This collection of case studies establishes a methodological foundation for impact assessments of NRMR through a discussion of research conducted by the CGIAR around the world.