04494nam 22006614a 450 991045074030332120200520144314.01-280-90829-797866109082950-85199-068-1(CKB)1000000000344462(EBL)301654(OCoLC)437183006(SSID)ssj0000208684(PQKBManifestationID)11156948(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000208684(PQKBWorkID)10244070(PQKB)11485695(MiAaPQ)EBC301654(Au-PeEL)EBL301654(CaPaEBR)ebr10185868(CaONFJC)MIL90829(EXLCZ)99100000000034446220040903d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNatural resources management in agriculture[electronic resource] methods for assessing economic and environmental impacts /edited by B.A. Shiferaw, H.A. Freeman, and S.M. SwintonWallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ;Cambridge, MA, USA CABI Pub.c20051 online resource (398 p.)Based on papers from a workshop held at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics, Dec. 6-7, 2002.0-85199-828-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface; Foreword; Contributors; Reviewers; Part I. Introduction; 1 Assessing the Impacts of Natural Resource Management Interventions in Agriculture: Concepts, Issues and Challenges; Part II. Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Biophysical Indicators of NRM Impacts; 2 Valuation Methods and Approaches for Assessing Natural Resource Management Impacts; 3 Measurable Biophysical Indicators for Impact Assessment:Changes in Soil Quality; 4 Measurable Biophysical Indicators for Impact Assessment: Changes in Water Availability and Quality Introduction5 Biophysical Indicators of Agro-ecosystem Services and Methods for Monitoring the Impacts of NRM Technologies at Different ScalesPart III. Methodological Advances for a Comprehensive Impact Assessment; 6 Econometric Methods forMeasuring Natural Resource Management Impacts: Theoretical Issues and Illustrations from Uganda; 7 Assessing Economic Impacts of Natural Resource Management Using Economic Surplus; 8 Bioeconomic Modelling for Natural Resource Management Impact Assessment; Part IV. NRM Impact Assessment in Practice; 9 Valuing Soil Fertility Change:Selected Methods and CaseStudies10 Evaluating the Impacts of Watershed Management Projects: A Practical Econometric Approach11 Assessing Economic andEnvironmental Impacts of NRMTechnologies: An EmpiricalApplication Using the EconomicSurplus Approach; 12 Assessing the Economic andEnvironmental Impacts ofConservation Technologies:A Farm-level BioeconomicModelling Approach; 13 Assessing the Impacts ofNatural Resource ManagementPolicy Interventions with aVillage General EquilibriumModel; Part V. Towards Improved Approaches for NRM Impact Assessment14 The Concept of Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM) and its Implications for Developing Evaluation Methods15 NRM Impact Assessment in the CGIAR: Meeting theChallenge and Implicationsfor CGIAR Centres; 16 Towards ComprehensiveApproaches in Assessing NRMImpacts: What We Know andWhat We Need to Know; IndexDiscusses the features and methodological difficulties of NRM impact assessment. This book examines the strengths and weaknesses of various impact assessment approaches, including econometric, bio-economic, and more direct methods. It also assesses and identifies data requirements for developing impact indicators.AgricultureEnvironmental aspectsCongressesAgricultureEconomic aspectsCongressesAgricultural resourcesManagementCongressesElectronic books.AgricultureEnvironmental aspectsAgricultureEconomic aspectsAgricultural resourcesManagement338.1Shiferaw Bekele(Bekele Ambaye)879778Freeman H. Ade319497Swinton Scott M879779MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450740303321Natural resources management in agriculture1964624UNINA