Natural Resource Management in Agriculture - 9780851998282

Natural Resource Management in AgricultureMethods for Assessing Economic and Environmental Impacts\nAuthor(s): Bekele Shiferaw, H Freeman, Scott Swinton\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: CABI Publishing, United Kingdom\nImprint: CABI Publishing\nISBN-13: 9780851998282, 978-0851998282\nSynopsis\nIn response to increasing concerns about the degradation of natural resources and the sustainability of agriculture, many research programmes have been established in natural resource management (NRM). However, although methods for evaluating the impacts of crop improvement technologies are well developed, there is a dearth of methods for evaluating the impacts of NRM interventions. This is partly due to the complexity of interactions among natural resources, spatial and temporal dimensions of impact, and the valuation of direct and indirect environmental costs and benefits. This book discusses the unique features and methodological difficulties of NRM impact assessment. It examines the strengths .