Tradeoffs or Synergies? : Agricultural Intensification, Economic Development and the Environment

by D.R. Lee; C.B. Barrett

• ISBN13: 9780851994352
• ISBN10: 0851994350
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-02-15
• Publisher: Cab Intl

Summary

The need to increase food production, enhance economic growth and reduce poverty in an environmentally sustainable context is an issue of growing importance. This book addresses the linkages and tradeoffs involved in solving such key challenges.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Preface	xv
Foreword	xix
Introduction: Changing Perspectives on Agricultural Intensification, Economic Development and the Environment	1	(16)
David R. Lee
Paul J. Ferraro
Christopher B. Barrett
Part I: Balancing Food Production, Economic and Environmental Goals: Concepts and Methods
The Doubly Green Revolution: Balancing Food, Poverty and Environmental Needs in the 21st Century	17	(18)
Gordon Conway
Population, Agricultural Land Use and the Environment in Developing Countries	35	(22)
Richard E. Bilsborrow
David L. Carr
The Economics of Biodiversity Loss and Agricultural Development in Low-income Countries	57	(16)
Charles Perrings
Farm Household Intensification Decisions and the Environment	73	(16)
Stefano Pagiola
Stein Holden
When Does Technological Change in Agriculture Promote Deforestation?	89	(26)
Arild Angelsen
David Kaimowitz
Bioeconomic Models and Ecoregional Development: Policy Instruments for Sustainable Intensification	115	(20)
Ruerd Ruben
Arie Kuyvenhoven
Gideon Kruseman
Tradeoffs in Agriculture, the Environment and Human Health: Decision Support for Policy and Technology Managers	135	(16)
Charles C. Crissman
John M. Antle
Jetse J. Stoorvogel
Part II: Empirical Studies of Tradeoffs and Synergies in Agricultural Intensification, Economic Development and the Environment
Balancing Regional Development Priorities to Achieve Sustainable and Equitable Agricultural Growth	151	(20)
Peter Hazell
Shenggen Fan
Pathways of Development in the Hillside Areas of Honduras: Causes and Implications for Agricultural Production, Poverty and Sustainable Resource Use	171	(26)
John Pender
Sara J. Scherr
Guadalupe Duron
Implications of Resource-use Intensification for the Environment and Sustainable Technology Systems in the Central African Rainforest	197	(24)
James Gockowski
G. Blaise Nkamleu
John Wendt
Agricultural Intensification, Deforestation and the Environment: Assessing Tradeoffs in Sumatra, Indonesia	221	(24)
Thomas P. Tomich
Meine van Noordwijk
Suseno Budidarsono
Andy Gillison
Trikurniati Kusumanto
Daniel Murdiyarso
Fred Stolle
Achmad M. Fagi
Intensifying Small-scale Agriculture in the Western Brazilian Amazon: Issues, Implications and Implementation	245	(22)
Stephen A. Vosti
Julie Witcover
Chantal Line Carpentier
Samuel Jose Magalhaes de Oliveira
Jair Carvalho dos Santos
Integrated Bioeconomic Land-use Models: an Analysis of Policy Issues in the Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica	267	(18)
Robert A. Schipper
Hans G. P. Jansen
Bas A. M. Bouman
Huib Hengsdijk
Andre Nieuwenhuyse
Fernando Saenz
Land Tenure and the Management of Land and Trees: a Comparative Study of Asia and Africa	285	(18)
Keijiro Otsuka
Frank Place
Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management in India's Semi-arid Tropics	303	(22)
John Kerr
Ganesh Pangare
Vasudha Lokur Pangare
P. J. George
Part III: Evaluating Tradeoffs and Synergies: Technology, Institutions and Policies
Soil Fertility, Small-farm Intensification and the Environment in Africa	325	(20)
Pedro A. Sanchez
Bashir Jama
Amadou I. Niang
Cheryl A. Palm
Livestock-Environment Interactions under Intensifying Production	345	(20)
Steven J. Staal
Simeon Ehui
Jon Tanner
Sustainable versus Unsustainable Agricultural Intensification in Africa: Focus on Policy Reforms and Market Conditions	365	(18)
Thomas Reardon
Christopher B. Barrett
Valerie Kelly
Kimseyinga Savadogo
Intensive Food Systems in Asia: Can the Degradation Problems be Reversed?	383	(16)
Prabhu L. Pingali
Mark W. Rosegrant
Biodiversity and Agricultural Development: the Crucial Institutional Issues	399	(18)
Jeffrey A. McNeely
Moving Beyond Integrated Conservation and Development Projects (ICDPs) to Achieve Biodiversity Conservation	417	(16)
Katrina Brandon
Balancing Development and Environmental Goals through Community-based Natural Resource Management	433	(18)
Norman Uphoff
Assessing Tradeoffs and Synergies among Agricultural Intensification, Economic Development and Environmental Goals: Conclusions and Implications for Policy	451	(14)
David R. Lee
Christopher B. Barrett
Peter Hazell
Douglas Southgate
References	465	(56)
Index	521