LEADER 04462nam 22006494a 450 001 9910784227203321 005 20230617003247.0 010 $a1-280-90829-7 010 $a9786610908295 010 $a0-85199-068-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000344462 035 $a(EBL)301654 035 $a(OCoLC)437183006 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000208684 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11156948 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000208684 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10244070 035 $a(PQKB)11485695 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC301654 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL301654 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10185868 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL90829 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000344462 100 $a20040903d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aNatural resources management in agriculture$b[electronic resource] $emethods for assessing economic and environmental impacts /$fedited by B.A. Shiferaw, H.A. Freeman, and S.M. Swinton 210 $aWallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ;$aCambridge, MA, USA $cCABI Pub.$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (398 p.) 300 $aBased on papers from a workshop held at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics, Dec. 6-7, 2002. 311 $a0-85199-828-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface; 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 Introduction 327 $a5 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 CaseStudies 327 $a10 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 Assessment 327 $a14 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; Index 330 $aDiscusses 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. 606 $aAgriculture$xEnvironmental aspects$vCongresses 606 $aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects$vCongresses 606 $aAgricultural resources$xManagement$vCongresses 615 0$aAgriculture$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aAgricultural resources$xManagement 676 $a338.1 701 $aShiferaw$b Bekele$g(Bekele Ambaye)$01485788 701 $aFreeman$b H. Ade$0319497 701 $aSwinton$b Scott M$01485789 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784227203321 996 $aNatural resources management in agriculture$93705069 997 $aUNINA