Doi Moi in the Mountains
Title | Doi Moi in the Mountains PDF eBook |
Author | Jean-Christophe Castella |
Publisher | Int. Rice Res. Inst. |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Agricultural systems |
ISBN | 9712202704 |
Multi-agent System for Simulation of Land-use and Land Cover Change
Title | Multi-agent System for Simulation of Land-use and Land Cover Change PDF eBook |
Author | Bao-Le Quang |
Publisher | Cuvillier Verlag |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 3865376274 |
Income Diversification and Poverty in the Northern Uplands of Vietnam
Title | Income Diversification and Poverty in the Northern Uplands of Vietnam PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholas Minot |
Publisher | Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
Pages | 149 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0896291480 |
Vietnam has experienced macroeconomic stability and high rates of economic growth since the mid-1990s; nevertheless, it remains one of the 30 poorest countries in the world. Within Vietnam, the Northern Uplands is the poorest region, as well as being the most dependent on agriculture. This report examines income diversification in the Northern Uplands, including its contribution to poverty reduction and the constraints currently limiting further diversification. Given that crop and income diversification have been identified as essential components in raising rural incomes and reducing rural poverty, this report has significant implications for those involved in formulating agricultural policy and devising development programs.
Gazetteer
Title | Gazetteer PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 676 |
Release | 1944 |
Genre | Geography |
ISBN |
French Indochina and South China Sea
Title | French Indochina and South China Sea PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Hydrographic Office |
Publisher | |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1944 |
Genre | China Sea |
ISBN |
Companion Modeling and Multi-agent Systems for Integrated Natural Resource Management in Asia
Title | Companion Modeling and Multi-agent Systems for Integrated Natural Resource Management in Asia PDF eBook |
Author | François Bousquet |
Publisher | Int. Rice Res. Inst. |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9712202089 |
Climate Smart Agriculture
Title | Climate Smart Agriculture PDF eBook |
Author | Leslie Lipper |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 629 |
Release | 2017-10-20 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 3319611941 |
This book is open access under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO license. The book uses an economic lens to identify the main features of climate-smart agriculture (CSA), its likely impact, and the challenges associated with its implementation. Drawing upon theory and concepts from agricultural development, institutional, and resource economics, this book expands and formalizes the conceptual foundations of CSA. Focusing on the adaptation/resilience dimension of CSA, the text embraces a mixture of conceptual analyses, including theory, empirical and policy analysis, and case studies, to look at adaptation and resilience through three possible avenues: ex-ante reduction of vulnerability, increasing adaptive capacity, and ex-post risk coping. The book is divided into three sections. The first section provides conceptual framing, giving an overview of the CSA concept and grounding it in core economic principles. The second section is devoted to a set of case studies illustrating the economic basis of CSA in terms of reducing vulnerability, increasing adaptive capacity and ex-post risk coping. The final section addresses policy issues related to climate change. Providing information on this new and important field in an approachable way, this book helps make sense of CSA and fills intellectual and policy gaps by defining the concept and placing it within an economic decision-making framework. This book will be of interest to agricultural, environmental, and natural resource economists, development economists, and scholars of development studies, climate change, and agriculture. It will also appeal to policy-makers, development practitioners, and members of governmental and non-governmental organizations interested in agriculture, food security and climate change.