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Water productivity in agriculture: limits and opportunities for improvement.
Barker, Randolph; Molden, David J. - International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010879156
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Sufficiency and Sustainability of Agroforestry: What Matters: Today or Tomorrow?
Fasse, Anja; Grote, Ulrike - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
This paper1 investigates the determinants and impact of agroforestry for smallholders in rural Tanzania. Two questions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010914011
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National Conference on Irrigation for Food Security Voluume 1; Proceedings on Water, Food Security and Climate Change in Sri Lanka, EMICH, Colombo, June 9-11, 2009
Godaliyadda, G.G.A.; Jinapala, Kiribandage - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009398459
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Integration of Natural Resource Management in the Primary Education Curriculum in Kenya
Kanyi, Michael G.; Vandenbosch, Tom; Ngesa, Fredrick U.; … - In: International Journal of Agricultural Management and … 01 (2011) 4
The Farmers of the Future (FoF) initiative implemented a programme of integrating natural resources management in the basic education curriculum. The purpose of the study was to document activities and determine the effects of FoF programme on primary school learners’ perceptions towards...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142588
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Tree-crop interactions and their environmental and economic implications in the presence of carbon-sequestration payments
Wise, Russell M.; Cacho, Oscar J. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2003
a bioeconomic modelling approach. An agroforestry system in Indonesia is simulated using a biophysical process model. A … problems, the ability of trees to sequester and store CO2 has altered the economic landscape of agroforestry systems. The … economic and management implications of carbon-sequestration payments on agroforestry systems are addressed in this study using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519181
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Forget the Hoe: Managing Invasive Plant Species with Dynamic Programming"
Verdone, Michael; Frasier, W. Marshall - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Abstract Bromus Tectorum is an invasive plant species known to reduce abundance of native perennial grasses, increase fire frequency and intensity, decrease animal performance, and alter microbial communities and ecosystem processes. Specifically, in the Intermountain West, Bromus has been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020686
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Climate Change Economics and Policy in the Asia Pacific
Jotzo, Frank - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2009
The Asia-Pacific region is the major source of global growth in greenhouse gas emissions. Strong action is needed in Asian countries, particularly China and India, to reduce these global emissions. Driven by the desire to limit energy consumption, some Asian countries already have domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693283
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Assessing the economic impact of an emissions trading scheme on agroforestry in Australia’s northern grazing systems
Donaghy, Peter; Rolfe, John; Gowen, Rebecca; Bray, Steven; … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2010
to sequester large quantities of emissions through changed land use management such as agroforestry. Whilst there is an … extensive amount of agroforestry literature, little has been written on the economic consequences of adopting silvopastoral … systems in northern Australia. This paper reports the economic feasibility of adopting complimentary agroforestry systems in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008508689
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Food vs. Wood: Dynamic Choices for Kenyan Smallholders
Peralta, Maria Alexandra; Swinton, Scott M. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012627
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DEFORESTATION AND AGROFORESTRY ADOPTION IN TROPICAL FORESTS: CAN WE GENERALIZE? SOME RESULTS FROM CAMPECHE, MEXICO AND RONDONIA, BRAZIL
Casey, James F.; Caviglia-Harris, Jill L. - Western Agricultural Economics Association - WAEA - 2000
adoption of agroforestry by peasant farmers in developing countries by comparing the land use choices of farmers in Rondônia … about agroforestry significantly influence the adoption of agroforestry and that deforestation levels for farmers in both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005039157