05343nam 2200661Ia 450 991045390330332120200520144314.00-8213-7433-8(CKB)1000000000537670(EBL)459762(OCoLC)568046977(SSID)ssj0000089754(PQKBManifestationID)11122210(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000089754(PQKBWorkID)10089732(PQKB)10295826(MiAaPQ)EBC459762(Au-PeEL)EBL459762(CaPaEBR)ebr10237225(OCoLC)936300970(EXLCZ)99100000000053767020080521d2008 uf 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSustainable land management sourcebook[electronic resource]Washington, DC World Bankc20081 online resource (196 p.)Agriculture and rural developmentDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-7432-X Includes bibliographical references and index.CONTENTS; BOXES; FIGURES; TABLES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; PART I Sustainable Land Management: Challenges and Opportunities; CHAPTER 1 Overview; Box 1.1 Ecosystem Services; Box 1.2 Historical Perspective on Landscapes, Land Management, and Land Degradation; Figure 1.1 Global Food Production, Food Prices, and Undernourishment in Developing Countries, 1961-2003; Figure 1.2 Typical Set of Production Activities (Forestry, Crop and Livestock Production, Hydropower, and Coastal Fisheries) Encountered in a Production LandscapeFigure 1.3 World Comparisons of Food Production and Consumption 2003Box 1.3 Pressure-State-Response Framework; Table 1.1 Comparison of Farming Systems by Category; Box 1.4 Household Strategies to Improve Livelihoods; Box 1.5 Key Safeguard Policy Issues for SLM and Natural Resource Management Investments; PART II Major Farming Systems: Investment Options and Innovations; CHAPTER 2 Introduction; CHAPTER 3 Rainfed Farming and Land Management Systems in Humid Areas; Figure 3.1 Months of Consecutive Dry Season; Table 3.1 Forage Use and Production CriteriaBox 3.1 Example of Pasture Rehabilitation and Intensification from HondurasFigure 3.2 Nigerian Soybean Production (1988-2006) and Markets in Ibadan (1987-2000); Table 3.2 ASB Summary Matrix: Forest Margins of Sumatra; Box 3.2 Examining Hydrological Contradictions in the North China Plain; Figure 3.3 Irrigation History of Luancheng County: Estimated Pumping for Irrigation, 1949-99; Figure 3.4 General Relationships between Precipitation and Evapotranspiration for Cropland in Luancheng County, 1947-2000; Figure 3.5 Hydronomic Zones in a River BasinBox 3.3 Types of Environmental Services Generated by Good Land-Use PracticesTable 3.3 Incidence of Costs and Benefits for Environmental Services; Table 3.4 Total Number of Plant Species Recorded in Three Fallow Types in the Humid Forest Zone of Southern Cameroon; Table 3.5 List of the Four Most Preferred Priority Indigenous Fruit Tree Species in Selected Regions; Figure 3.6 Schematic Trade-off between Reduced GHG Emissions through Avoided Deforestation and National Economic Development Opportunities; Figure 3.7 Area and Production Increases in Freshwater Aquaculture in Vietnam, 1999-2005Table 3.6 Percentage of Farm Households Practicing Freshwater Aquaculture in 2000 and 2004 by Wealth GroupsFigure 3.8 Bioresource Flows of an IAA Pond with Medium-Input Fish Farming in the Mekong Delta; CHAPTER 4 Rainfed Farming Systems in Highlands and Sloping Areas; Table 4.1 Farmers Planting Fodder Shrubs in Kenya, Northern Tanzania, Rwanda, and Uganda; CHAPTER 5 Rainfed Dry and Cold Farming Systems; Table 5.1 Chemical Characteristics of 924 Soil Samples Collected from Farmers' Fields in Three Districts of Andhra Pradesh, India, 2002-04Table 5.2 Biological and Chemical Properties of Semiarid Tropical VertisolsThe Sustainable Land Management Sourcebook is a resource of good practice information on land and natural resource management issues that will be of operational relevance to practitioners in the tropics and sub-tropics. The Sourcebook covers a comprehensive range of topics on the technical issues of land and natural resource management and is presented in a way that will facilitate use by both experts and lay readers. The text is well-illustrated with graphs and photos and for the more specialized reader, key references and web links to institutional reference databases are provided.Agriculture and rural development series.Land useEnvironmental aspectsRural developmentEnvironmental aspectsSustainable agricultureElectronic books.Land useEnvironmental aspects.Rural developmentEnvironmental aspects.Sustainable agriculture.333.73World Bank.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453903303321Sustainable land management sourcebook2453589UNINA