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Author : P. K. Joshi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Impact Assessment of Crop and Resource Management Technology written by P. K. Joshi and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bekele Shiferaw
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 0851990681
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (519 download)
Download or read book Natural Resources Management in Agriculture written by Bekele Shiferaw and published by CABI. This book was released on 2005 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 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 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 and recommends suitable methodologies for assessing the impacts of NRM technologies on issues such as soil and water conservation and watershed and biodiversity management.
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Publisher : IITA
ISBN 13 : 9781312726
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (813 download)
Download or read book A framework for conceptualizing impact assessment and promoting impact culture in agricultural research written by and published by IITA. This book was released on with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nshakira-Rukundo, Emmanuel
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Adoption and impacts of agricultural technologies and sustainable natural resource management practices in fragile and conflict affected settings: A review and meta-analysis written by Nshakira-Rukundo, Emmanuel and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2023-10-02 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change and conflicts co-exist in many countries with significant welfare and socio-environmental implications. Different approaches are being promoted to adapt and build resilience to these fragilities including the adoption of sustainable farm practices that have the potential to increase agricultural productivity and maintain environmental sustainability. We undertake a systematic review and perform a meta-analysis to understand and synthesize the adoption and impacts of agricultural technologies and natural resource management practices with a special attention to fragile and conflict affected settings. We employ state of the art machine learning methods to enable process and selection of appropriate papers from a universe of over 78,000 papers from leading academic databases. We find that studies on adoption and impact of agricultural technologies and natural resource management practices are highly clustered around Ethiopia and Nigeria. We do not find any studies on Small Island States. We observe a wide array of characteristics that influence adoption of these technologies. Of the over 1400 estimates of determinants collected, majority predict input technologies while very few studies and estimates are found in relation to risk management and mechanisation technologies. Our meta-analysis shows an average effect size of 7 - 9% for the different technologies and practices. For the outcomes: land productivity, food security and household welfare, we obtain effect sizes of 6, 8 and 9% respectively. We do not observe much in terms of publication bias. Both climate and conflict vulnerability not only cause far more food insecurity, poverty, and degradation of the environment on their own but also reinforce each other through the climate change – conflict linkage. For these detrimental effects to be curtailed, utilisation of climate-smart agricultural technologies and natural resource management practices need to be encouraged. We thus lend credence to the development, dissemination and upscaling of these sustainable practices. We observe a lot of space for growth and adoption of these technologies.
Author : Bekele Shiferaw
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 0851998283
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (519 download)
Download or read book Natural Resources Management in Agriculture written by Bekele Shiferaw and published by CABI. This book was released on 2005 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part I: Introduction; Part II: Valuation of ecosystem services and biophysical indicators of NRM impacts; Part III: Methodological advances for a comprehensive impact assessment; Part IV: NRM impact assessment in practice.
Author : Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. Science Council
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789251056943
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (569 download)
Download or read book International Research on Natural Resource Management written by Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. Science Council and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part I: Introduction: Why natural resource management research?; The history of natural resource management research i n the CGIAR; Productivity enhancement and natural resource management; Part II: Natural Resource e Management Case Studies: What do they tell us?; Natural resource management case studies: Overview and summary; CIMMYT. Assessing the impact of natural resource management research: the case of zero tillage in India's Rice-Wheat Systems; CIAT. Impact of participatory natural resource management research in cassava-based cropping systems in Vietnam and Thailand; WorldFish Centre. Impact of the development and dissemination of integrated Aquaculture -agriculture technologies in Malawi; World agroforestry Centre. Impacts of improved tree fallow technology in Zambia; ICARDA. Ex post impact assessment of natural resource management technologies in Crop-Livestock Systems in Dry areas of Morocco and Tunisia; IWMI. Assessing the outcome of IWMI's research and interventions on irrigation management transfer. CIFOR. The sustainability of forest management: assessing the impact of CIFOR criteria and indicators research; Part III: Lessons learned and the way ahead: The major lessons from the case studies; The way ahead - impact assessment of natural resource management research.
Author : Jagdish Kumar Ladha
Publisher : Int. Rice Res. Inst.
ISBN 13 : 971220247X
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (122 download)
Download or read book Integrated Crop and Resource Management in the Rice-wheat System of South Asia written by Jagdish Kumar Ladha and published by Int. Rice Res. Inst.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wettasinha, C.
Publisher : WorldFish
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Study on impacts of farmer-led research supported by civil society organizations written by Wettasinha, C. and published by WorldFish. This book was released on 2015-01-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ÿDecades of scientific research related to agriculture and natural resource management have brought limited benefits to smallholder farmers, including crop farmers, fishers, livestock keepers and other resource users. Therefore, donors, policymakers and civil society organizations (CSOs), such as farmer organizations and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), are urging the formal research sector to make its work more useful to smallholder farmers. Many institutions of agricultural research and development are now seeking ways to engage more closely with smallholders in order to conduct research that is more relevant for and accessible to them, and are seeking examples and good practices as sources of learning. Some examples of research that is focused on smallholders and in which the process is co-managed and driven by smallholders can be found in ?informal? research initiatives --specifically, those which are facilitated by CSOs. The purpose of this study was to identify such examples of informal agricultural research and development that could be documented and thus made accessible to formal researchers. This report also describes farmer-led research findings and their dissemination, and analyzes available evidence on the impact of farmer-led approaches to agricultural research and development on rural livelihoods, local capacity to innovate and adapt, and influence on governmental institutions of agricultural research and development.
Author : Ajit Kumar Roy
Publisher : New India Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9380235402
Total Pages : 4 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (82 download)
Download or read book Evaluation and Impact Assessment of Technologies and Developmental Activities in Agriculture, Fisheries and Allied Fields written by Ajit Kumar Roy and published by New India Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06-03 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book entitled 'Evaluation and Impact Assessment of Technologies and Developmental Activities in Agriculture, Fisheries and Allied Fields' is aimed to cater to the growing demand of Impact Evaluation (IE) studies as the primary purpose of Impact Assessment (IA) is to estimate the magnitude and distribution of changes in outcome and impact indicators among the target population and to assess the extent to which these changes can be attributed to the interventions being evaluated. The book, probably first of its kind in the country spreads over twenty s contributed by the subject matter specialist and practitioners working in various fields contain both methodology and analytical issues of IA. s on basis impact assessment methodologies like PRA techniques, logical framework approach for project monitoring, evaluation and impact analysis with latest available economic, financial, social, environmental, and MDG indicators are also highlighted. Case studies on technological impact on agro-ecosystem, pulse production, crop diversification on agricultural output and integrated rehabilitation of Tsunami affected people in Andaman and Nicobar Islands are also available. Most importantly socio-economic impact of cashew production, shrimp farming, aquaculture production, conservation of ecology of coastal zone vegetation with reference to Mangroves and water hyacinth are contributed by renewed experts. Case studies on assessment of ICT, remote sensing fluxomics and agricultural insurance on future crop production in India are of significance. Programme evaluation of Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yogana (SGSY) is of important for those involved in such projects. The book contains complete list glossary on IA, list of IA studies conducted in India by Programme Evaluation Organization of Planning Commission, sector wide priority indicators for agriculture and rural development which will serve as a ready references."
Author : Dr. C. PARVATHI
Publisher : Archers & Elevators Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 9388805240
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (888 download)
Download or read book IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF WATERSHED INTERVENTION TECHNOLOGY ON SELECTED FARM HOUSEHOLDS written by Dr. C. PARVATHI and published by Archers & Elevators Publishing House. This book was released on with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Vikas Abrol
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9535108085
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (351 download)
Download or read book Resource Management for Sustainable Agriculture written by Vikas Abrol and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2012-10-24 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, papers pertaining to resource management for sustainable agricultural development are presented in four parts divided into ten chapters. Part I discusses the usage of water and waste management for sustainable agricultural development including aspects like irrigation management to prevent soil and ground water salinization, production of solid fuel from oil palm waste, sustainable ecomaterials and biorefinery from agroindustrial waste, nonpoint pollution from agriculture and livestock activities on surface water. Part II discusses sustainable management of dryland resources especially carbon sequestration under changing climate scenario. Part III deals with efficient nutrient management for sustainable crop productivity in different agro-climatic conditions, soil quality and productivity improvement under rainfed conditions. Part IV throws light upon effect of conservation tillage on soil properties and impact of agricultural traffic and tillage on soil properties.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book The Future of Impact Assessment in the CGIAR written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Julian F. Gonsalves
Publisher : IDRC
ISBN 13 : 1552501833
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (525 download)
Download or read book Participatory Research and Development for Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management written by Julian F. Gonsalves and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2005 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended for aspiring and new practitioners of Participatory Research and Development (PR&D) as well as field-based researchers in developing countries. Highlights that agricultural research and development has become a joint approach to deal with diverse biophysical environments, multiple livelihood goals, rapid changes in local and global economies, and an expanded range for stakeholders over agriculture and natural resources.
Author : Hermann Waibel
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 1845932846
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (459 download)
Download or read book International Research on Natural Resource Management written by Hermann Waibel and published by CABI. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past two decades, significant investment has been made into agriculture-related natural resource management research in developing countries. This collection of case studies establishes a methodological foundation for impact assessments of NRMR through a discussion of research conducted by the CGIAR around the world.
Author : Robert E. Evenson
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080930972
Total Pages : 909 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Agricultural Economics written by Robert E. Evenson and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2009-10-20 with total page 909 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in agriculture offer many countries the best and only chance of reducing poverty. Yet economic growth and population increases are driving higher demand for food and rising real prices. What solutions have successfully promoted agriculture? This volume examines national and international food agriculture policies and how they enhance agricultural productivity growth. It provides unique historical reviews on policies and their effects, and it clearly articulates both positive and negative lessons for promoting agriculture lead growth. With chapters written by international authorities, this book recognizes that agriculture is not just about providing food for today, but about growing it in an environmentally sustainable way that can help people work their ways out of poverty.Chapters cover international macro-economic policies and trade, farm structure in developing countries, regional experiences in agriculture, and regional studies on agricultural productivity policies.
Author : Prabhu L. Pingali
Publisher : Int. Rice Res. Inst.
ISBN 13 : 9712201066
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (122 download)
Download or read book Impact of Rice Research written by Prabhu L. Pingali and published by Int. Rice Res. Inst.. This book was released on 1998 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jean-Marcel Ribaut
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9781560222781
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (227 download)
Download or read book Drought Adaptation in Cereals written by Jean-Marcel Ribaut and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2006-09-08 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to best improve yield in cereal plants—even in dry conditions The impact of drought on crop production can be economically devastating. Drought Adaptation in Cereals provides a comprehensive review of the latest research on the tolerance of cereal crops to water-limited conditions. Renowned experts extensively describe basic concepts and cutting-edge research results to clearly reveal all facets of drought adaptation in cereals. More than simply a fine reference for plant biology and plant improvement under water-limited conditions, this book spotlights the most relevant biological approaches from plant phenotyping to functional genomics. The need to understand plant response to the lack of water is integral to forming strategies to best manage crops. Drought Adaptation in Cereals starts by offering an overview of the biological basis and defines the adaptive mechanisms found in plants under water-limited conditions. Different approaches are presented to provide understanding of plant genetics basics and plant breeding, including phenotyping, physiology, and biotechnology. The book details drought adaptation mechanisms at the cellular, organ, and entire plant levels, focusing on plant metabolism and gene functions. This resource is extensively referenced and contains tables, charts, and figures to clearly present data and enhance understanding. After a foreword by J. O'Toole and a prologue by A. Blum, Drought Adaptation in Cereals presents a full spectrum of informative topics from other internationally respected scientists. These include: drought’s economic impact (P. Heisey) genotype-by-environment interactions (M. Cooper) secondary traits for drought adaptation (P. Monneveux) leaf growth (F. Tardieu) carbon isotope discrimination (T. Condon) drought adaptation in barley (M. Sorrells), maize (M. Sawkins), rice (R. Lafitte), sorghum (A. Borrell) and wheat (M. Reynolds) carbohydrate metabolism (A. Tiessen) the role of abscisic acid (T. Setter) protection mechanisms and stress proteins (L. Mtwisha) genetic basis of ion homeostasis and water deficit (H. Bohnert) transcriptional factors (K. Yamaguchi-Shinozaki) resurrection plants (D. Bartels) Drought Adaptation in Cereals is a unique, vital reference for scientists, educators, and students in plant biology, agronomy, and natural resources management.
