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A Spatially Explicit Watershed Scale Optimization of Cellulosic Biofuels Production
Song, Jingyu; Gramig, Benjamin M. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
explicit approach to examine fields within a watershed and explores the conditions under which the agricultural land in the … watershed can meet the demand of a biorefinery. Costs of two dedicated energy crops, switchgrass and miscanthus, are compared … production and pollution constraints in the Wildcat Creek Watershed in Indiana, USA. The process of using a genetic algorithm to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880965
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The On-Site and Downstream Costs of Soil Erosion in the Magat and Pantabangan Watersheds
Francisco, Herminia A.; Cruz, Wilfrido; Conway, Zenaida T. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 1988
This article report is a condensed version of “The On-Site and Downstream Costs of Soil Erosion,” PIDS Technical Report 87-04 of the Upland Resource Policy Program. It estimates the economic costs arising from indiscriminate exploitation of the uplands. It also offers a practical methodology...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184817
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Soil and Water Conservation Planning: Policy Issues and Recommendations
David, Wilfredo P. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 1988
This article is prepared for the Upland Policy Conference on March 14, 1988. It discusses the degree of soil erosion in various watersheds based on classified descriptive parameters. It also proposes land use planning and allocation scheme.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184844
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The On-Site and Downstream Costs of Soil Erosion in the Magat and Pantabangan Watersheds
Francisco, Herminia A.; Cruz, Wilfrido; Conway, Zenaida T. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 1988
This article report is a condensed version of “The On-Site and Downstream Costs of Soil Erosion,” PIDS Technical Report 87-04 of the Upland Resource Policy Program. It estimates the economic costs arising from indiscriminate exploitation of the uplands. It also offers a practical methodology...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005092696
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Soil and Water Conservation Planning: Policy Issues and Recommendations
David, Wilfredo P. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 1988
This article is prepared for the Upland Policy Conference on March 14, 1988. It discusses the degree of soil erosion in various watersheds based on classified descriptive parameters. It also proposes land use planning and allocation scheme.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005092913
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Soil erosion risk analysis and mapping for conservation planning at Mihtsab-Azmati micro-dam watershed, Northern Ethiopia
Yebyo, Selama Gebreslassie - In: African journal of science, technology, innovation and … 14 (2022) 2, pp. 451-458
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BIO-ECONOMIC MODELING OF WATERSHED RESOURCES IN ETHIOPIA
Okumu, B N; Jabbar, Mohammad A.; Colman, D; Russel, N - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), … - 1999
This paper examines the theoretical and practical aspects of natural resource use in the poor tropics given limited technological and policy intervention. Results show that if farmers were to reallocate their land use activities based on land suitability, and utilize between 10-20% of their farm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011246193
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Technology, policy and population growth impacts on economic performance, nutrient flows and soil erosion at watershed level: the case of Ginchi in Ethiopia
Okumu, B N; Russel, N; Jabbar, Mohammad A.; Colman, D; … - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), … - 2004
reliance on the watershed for subsistence food requirements, would imply an increasing need for a more secure land tenure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011246201
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TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY IMPACTS ON ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, NUTRIENT FLOWS AND SOIL EROSION AT WATERSHED LEVEL:THE CASE OF GINCHI IN ETHIOPIA
Okumu, B N; Jabbar, Mohammad A.; Colman, D; Russel, N; … - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), … - 2000
on the average. There is hence an obvious reduction in nutrient losses despite the higher reliance on the watershed for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011246208
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From plot to watershed management : Experience in farmer participatory Vertisol technology generation and adoption in highland Ethiopia.
Jabbar, Mohammad A.; Mamo, T; Saleem, Mohamed; A, M - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), … - 2001
adequate, rather involvement of the community in watershed or landscape management may be required. Participation of individual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011246246