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Tradeoffs or synergies? : agricultural intensification, economic development, and the environment /

The central objective of the volume is to review and consider a range of evidence on the 'tradeoffs versus synergies' theme as it pertains to the multiple objectives of agricultural intensification in low-income countries. The evidence is wide ranging and includes theoretical and conceptua...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lee, David R. (David Robinson), 1950-, Barrett, Christopher B. (Christopher Brendan)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York, NY : CABI Pub., ©2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction : Changing Perspectives on Agricultural Intensification, Economic Development and the Environment / David R. Lee, Paul J. Ferraro and Christopher B. Barrett
  • The Doubly Green Revolution : Balancing Food, Poverty and Environmental Needs in the 21st Century / Gordon Conway
  • Population, Agricultural Land Use and the Environment in Developing Countries / Richard E. Bilsborrow and David L. Carr
  • The Economics of Biodiversity Loss and Agricultural Development in Low-income Countries / Charles Perrings
  • Farm Household Intensification Decisions and the Environment / Stefano Pagiola and Stein Holden
  • When Does Technological Change in Agriculture Promote Deforestation? / Arild Angelsen and David Kaimowitz
  • Bioeconomic Models and Ecoregional Development : Policy Instruments for Sustainable Intensification / Ruerd Ruben, Arie Kuyvenhoven and Gideon Kruseman
  • Tradeoffs in Agriculture, the Environment and Human Health : Decision Support for Policy and Technology Managers / Charles C. Crissman, John M. Antle and Jetse J. Stoorvogel
  • Balancing Regional Development Priorities to Achieve Sustainable and Equitable Agricultural Growth / Peter Hazell and Shenggen Fan
  • Pathways of Development in the Hillside Areas of Honduras : Causes and Implications for Agricultural Production, Poverty and Sustainable Resource Use / John Pender, Sara J. Scherr and Guadalupe Durón
  • Implications of Resource-use Intensification for the Environment and Sustainable Technology Systems in the Central African Rainforest / James Gockowski, G. Blaise Nkamleu and John Wendt
  • Agricultural Intensification, Deforestation and the Environment : Assessing Tradeoffs in Sumatra, Indonesia / Thomas P. Tomich, Meine van Noordwijk, Suseno Budidarsono, Andy Gillison, Trikurniati Kusumanto, Daniel Murdiyarso, Fred Stolle and Achmad M. Fagi
  • Intensifying Small-scale Agriculture in the Western Brazilian Amazon : Issues, Implications and Implementation / Stephen A. Vosti, Julie Witcover, Chantal Line Carpentier, Samuel José Magalhães de Oliveira and Jair Carvalho dos Santos (with collaborators)
  • Integrated Bioeconomic Land-use Models : an Analysis of Policy Issues in the Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica / Robert A. Schipper, Hans G.P. Jansen, Bas A.M. Bouman, Huib Hengsdijk, André Nieuwenhuyse and Fernando Sáenz
  • Land Tenure and the Management of Land and Trees : a Comparative Study of Asia and Africa / Keijiro Otsuka and Frank Place
  • Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management in India's Semi-arid Tropics / John Kerr, Ganesh Pangare, Vasudha Lokur Pangare and P.J. George
  • Soil Fertility, Small-farm Intensification and the Environment in Africa / Pedro A. Sanchez, Bashir Jama, Amadou I. Niang and Cheryl A. Palm
  • Livestock-Environment Interactions under Intensifying Production / Steven J. Staal, Simeon Ehui and Jon Tanner
  • Sustainable versus Unsustainable Agricultural Intensification in Africa : Focus on Policy Reforms and Market Conditions / Thomas Reardon, Christopher B. Barrett, Valerie Kelly and Kimseyinga Savadogo
  • Intensive Food Systems in Asia : Can the Degradation Problems be Reversed? / Prabhu L. Pingali and Mark W. Rosegrant
  • Biodiversity and Agricultural Development : the Crucial Institutional Issues / Jeffrey A. McNeely
  • Moving Beyond Integrated Conservation and Development Projects (ICDPs) to Achieve Biodiversity Conservation / Katrina Brandon
  • Balancing Development and Environmental Goals through Community-based Natural Resource Management / Norman Uphoff
  • Assessing Tradeoffs and Synergies among Agricultural Intensification, Economic Development and Environmental Goals : Conclusions and Implications for Policy / David R. Lee, Christopher B. Barrett, Peter Hazell and Douglas Southgate.