Land Quality, Agricultural Productivity, and Food Security : Biophysical Processes and Economic Choices at Local, Regional, and Global Levels

by Wiebe, Keith

• ISBN13: 9781840647525
• ISBN10: 1840647523
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-12-01
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. vii
Preface	p. x
Overview and Data
Land Quality, Agricultural Productivity, and Food Security	p. 3
Soil Degradation and Global Food Security: A Soil Science Perspective	p. 16
Global Consequences of Land Degradation: An Economic Perspective	p. 36
Land Quality, Agricultural Productivity, and Food Security: A Spatial Perspective	p. 47
A Global Assessment of Land Quality	p. 111
Developing Geo-Spatial Land Quality Indicators for Productivity Analysis	p. 133
Land Quality and Differences in Agricultural Productivity Between Countries
Resource Quality and Agricultural Productivity: A Multi-Country Comparison	p. 147
Climate, Agriculture, and Economic Development	p. 166
Farm Sector Total Factor Productivity: Controlling for Land Quality in an International Comparison	p. 184
Land Quality and Agricultural Efficiency: A Distance Function Approach	p. 207
Land Degradation and Changes in Agricultural Productivity Over Time
Productivity-Related Economic Impacts of Soil Degradation in Developing Countries: An Evaluation of Regional Experience	p. 223
Crop Yield Losses to Soil Erosion at Regional and Global Scales: Evidence from Plot-Level and GIS Data	p. 262
Farmer Responses to Land Degradation	p. 280
Farmers' Incentives to Conserve Soil Resources: A Dynamic Model Applied to the North-Central United States	p. 305
Land Tenure and the Adoption of Conservation Practices in the United States	p. 319
Transitional and Persistent Poverty and Management of Fragile Lands: Evidence from El Salvador	p. 337
Implications for Food Security
Land Quality, Land Degradation, and Food Security in Developing Countries	p. 355
Water Availability and the Future of Irrigated and Rainfed Cereal Production	p. 370
Implications for Research and Policy
Agricultural R&D, Resources, and Productivity	p. 405
Summary and Policy Challenges	p. 431
Index	p. 441
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