05693oam 22007935 450 991078213590332120200520144314.00-8213-7433-810.1596/978-0-8213-7432-0(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(The World Bank)190850754(The World Bank)ocn190850754(US-djbf)15299157(EXLCZ)99100000000053767020080521d2008 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSustainable land management sourcebook.Washington, DC :World Bank,[2008]copyright 2008.xiv, 178 pages illustrations, maps ;28 cmAgriculture 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.World Bank e-Library.Land useEnvironmental aspectsRural developmentEnvironmental aspectsSustainable agricultureLand useEnvironmental aspects.Rural developmentEnvironmental aspects.Sustainable agriculture.333.73World Bank.DLCDLCYDXCPBAKERBTCTAC#PUKMCDXDLCBOOK9910782135903321Sustainable land management sourcebook3672086UNINA