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Author : Dean Current,Ernst Lutz,Sara J. Scherr
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 082133428X
Bibliography pp. 195-209.
Author : Banco Mundial
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:777829044
Author : Banco Mundial
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Agroforestry
ISBN : OCLC:1074408729
Author : Harold E. Gene Garrett,Shibu Jose,Michael A. Gold
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780891183778
North American Agroforestry Explore the many benefits of alternative land-use systems with this incisive resource Humanity has become a victim of its own success. While we’ve managed to meet the needs—to one extent or another—of a large portion of the human population, we’ve often done so by ignoring the health of the natural environment we rely on to sustain our planet. And by deteriorating the quality of our air, water, and land, we’ve put into motion consequences we’ll be dealing with for generations. In the newly revised Third Edition of North American Agroforestry, an expert team of researchers delivers an authoritative and insightful exploration of an alternative land-use system that exploits the positive interactions between trees and crops when they are grown together and bridges the gap between production agriculture and natural resource management. This latest edition includes new material on urban food forests, as well as the air and soil quality benefits of agroforestry, agroforestry’s relevance in the Mexican context, and agroforestry training and education. The book also offers: A thorough introduction to the development of agroforestry as an integrated land use management strategy Comprehensive explorations of agroforestry nomenclature, concepts, and practices, as well as an agroecological foundation for temperate agroforestry Practical discussions of tree-crop interactions in temperate agroforestry, including in systems such as windbreak practices, silvopasture practices, and alley cropping practices In-depth examinations of vegetative environmental buffers for air and water quality benefits, agroforestry for wildlife habitat, agroforestry at the landscape level, and the impact of agroforestry on soil health Perfect for environmental scientists, natural resource professionals and ecologists, North American Agroforestry will also earn a place in the libraries of students and scholars of agricultural sciences interested in the potential benefits of agroforestry.
Author : Ian Nuberg,Brendan George,Rowan Reid
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780643098510
In its early days, agroforestry may have been viewed as the domain of the 'landcare enthusiast'. Today, integrating trees and shrubs into productive farming systems is seen as a core principle of sustainable agriculture. Agroforestry for Natural Resource Management provides the foundation for an understanding of agroforestry practice in both high and low rainfall zones across Australia. Three major areas are discussed: environmental functions of trees in the landscape (ecosystem mimicry, hydrology, protection of crops, animals and soil, biodiversity, aesthetics); productive functions of trees (timber, firewood, pulp, fodder, integrated multi-products); and the implementation of agroforestry (design, evaluation, establishment, adoption, policy support). The book also includes a DVD that features videos on forest measurement and harvesting, a Farm Forestry Toolbox and many regionally specific agroforestry resources. Written by leading researchers and practitioners from around Australia, Agroforestry for Natural Resource Management will be an essential resource for students in agroforestry courses, as well as a valuable introduction to the field for professionals in related areas.
Author : Janaki R.R. Alavalapati,D. Evan Mercer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006-03-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781402024139
The primary objective of this book is to offer practical means for strengthening the economics and policy dimension of the agroforestry discipline. This book, written by the leading experts in economics and agroforestry, encompasses case studies from Australia, China, Kenya, India, Indonesia, Malawi, Mexico, Micronesia, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The applied economic methodologies encompass a wide variety of case studies including enterprise/farm budget models through Faustmann models, Policy Analysis Matrix, production function approach, risk assessment models, dynamic programming, linear programming, meta-modeling, contingent valuation, attribute-based choice experiments, econometric modeling, and institutional economic analysis. It is our belief that these methodologies help agroforestry students and professionals conduct rigorous assessment of economic and policy aspects of agroforestry systems and to produce less biased and more credible information. Furthermore, the economic and policy issues explored in the book – profitability, environmental benefits, risk reduction, household constraints, rural development, and institutional arrangements – are central to further agroforestry adoption in both tropical and temperate regions. All of the chapters in this volume were subject to rigorous peer review by at least one other contributing author and one external reviewer. We would like to acknowledge the indispensable collaboration of those who provided careful external reviews: Ken Andrasko, Chris Andrew, Peter Boxall, Norman Breuer, Bill Hyde, Tom Holmes, Sherry Larkin, Jagannadharao Matta, Venkatrao Nagubadi, Roz Naylor, Thomas Randolph, Gerald Shively, Changyou Sun, Bo Jellesmark Thorsen, and Yaoqi Zhang. All reviews were coordinated by the book editors.
Author : Steven Charles Franzel,Sara J. Scherr
Publisher : CABI
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2002-03-19
Category : Agroforestry
ISBN : 0851998844
Most published books on agroforestry have focused on biophysical aspects. There has been a lack of scientifically rigorous information about the socioeconomic features of agroforestry, and the adoption of agroforestry practices by farmers.This book fills that gap by assessing the adoption of selected agroforestry practices developed with African farmers, describing methods, and drawing out the implications for research, development, and policy. The volume includes five case studies of research conducted in Kenya and Zambia to evaluate the adoption potential of agroforestry. The cases illustrate methods of farm and village technology design, testing, and analysis that are applicable to a wide range of natural resource management practices.Along with the case studies, the contents also include chapters on: methods for assessing agroforestry adoption potential, promoting new agroforestry technologies: policy lessons from on-farm research, and assessing adoption potential: lessons learned and future directions.
Author : Roslyn Tamara Prinsley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Agricultural conservation
ISBN : WISC:89037941515
This book represents the collection of papers presented at the Commonwealth Science Council's meeting in Swaziland in 1989. It is discussed how economic and financial analysis can be used to assess the net benefits of agroforestry enterprises for peasant households, institutions and society
Author : Ernst Lutz
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0821342495
Agriculture in developing countries has been remarkably productive during the last few decades; however, the production levels were achieved at the cost of placing more stress on natural resources and the environment. This volume brings together state-of-the-art applied, practical research related to agriculture, development, and the environment in the developing world. It attempts to distill current knowledge and to summarize it in readable form for development practitioners. Where possible, authors use specific examples to indicate which approaches have worked and which have not, under which conditions, and why.
Author : Cynthia C. Cook,Mikael Grut
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070858126
First agroforestry in Africa is described. Then the results of seven case studies are presented, which cover indigenous and innovative systems found in the highlands of East Africa, the semi-arid zone, and the humid lowlands of West Africa. Recommendations are made for the technical, economic, social and institutional design of projects and for the direction of future research
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Agroforestry
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Fergus L. Sinclair
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789401706810
Agroforestry research is central to developing methods for the sustainable use of natural renewable resources, evolving to address the needs of the coming century. It is now necessary to consolidate the scientific gains now being made in process-oriented research and to develop a policy framework to encourage the adoption of sustainable land use practices. Agroforestry plays an important role in conserving forest resources, reducing the need for deforestation. Further, if `forest' is broadly defined as tree cover, agroforestry will also increase the proportion of woody biomass in farming landscapes. The papers selected for inclusion in Agroforestry: Science, Policy, and Practice establish agroforestry as an interdisciplinary science focused on the practical imperative of assisting farmers, forest dwellers and landscape-level planners to achieve sustainable food, fuel and timber production into the 21st century.
Author : P. K. Ramachandran Nair,M.R. Rao,L.E. Buck
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789401724241
It was in late 2002 that the idea of preparing a collection of multi-authored chapters on different aspects of ag- st forestry as a compendium for the 1 World Congress of Agroforestry, June 2004, was tossed around. With the approval of the idea by the Congress Organizing Committee, serious efforts to make it a reality got under way in early 2003. The rigorously peer-reviewed and edited manuscripts were submitted to the publisher in December 2003. Considering the many differentindividualsinvolved in the task as authors and manuscriptreviewers, we feel quite pleased that the task could be accomplished within this timeframe. We are pleased also about the contents on several counts. First of all, the tropical-temperate mix of topics is a rare feature of a publication of this nature. In spite of the scienti?c commonalities between tropical and temperate practices of agroforestry, the differences between them are so enormous that it is often impossible to mesh them together in one publication. Secondly, several of the chapters are on topics that have not been discussed or described much in agroforestryliterature. A third feature is that some of the authors, though well known in their own disciplinary areas, are somewhat new to agroforestry; the perceptions and outlooks of these scholars who are relatively unin?uenced by the past happenings in agroforestry gives a whole new dimension to agroforestry and broadensthescopeofthesubject. Finally, ratherthanjustreviewingandsummarizingpastwork,mostchapterstake the extra effort in attempting to outline the next steps.
Author : Rob A. Swinkels
Publisher : World Agroforestry Centre
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Agroforestry
ISBN : CORNELL:31924063904498
Types of economic analysis. Ordering documents from ICRAF. Sample entry.
Author : Ajay Kumar,Joginder Singh,Luiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira
Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780323906975
Microbiome Under Changing Climate: Implications and Solutions presents the latest biotechnological interventions for the judicious use of microbes to ensure optimal agricultural yield. Summarizing aspects of vulnerability, adaptation and amelioration of climate impact, this book provides an important resource for understanding microbes, plants and soil in pursuit of sustainable agriculture and improved food security. It emphasizes the interaction between climate and soil microbes and their potential role in promoting advanced sustainable agricultural solutions, focusing on current research designed to use beneficial microbes such as plant growth promoting microorganisms, fungi, endophytic microbes, and more. Changes in climatic conditions influence all factors of the agricultural ecosystem, including adversely impacting yield both in terms of quantity and nutritional quality. In order to develop resilience against climatic changes, it is increasingly important to understand the effect on the native micro-flora, including the distribution of methanogens and methanotrophs, nutrient content and microbial biomass, among others. Demonstrates the impact of climate change on secondary metabolites of plants and potential responses Incorporates insights on microflora of inhabitant soil Explores mitigation processes and their modulation by sustainable methods Highlights the role of microbial technologies in agricultural sustainability
