The economics of dryland management
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The economics of dryland management
Earthscan, 1989
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-288) and index
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Description
We have always had land, in which agricultural productivity is limited because there is not enough moisture. Systems of farming and burning often degrade dryland further until it is desert. Today, however, increasing populations and more intensive land use mean that the problem is becoming much more serious. Drylands exist in Africa, America, Canada, Australia, and Central Europe; probably over 20 per cent of the world's population lives in dryland areas and unless action is taken the situation will deteriorate further. This book focuses on the people who live and farm in the drylands, their use of land resources and the economic returns from their decisions. With proper planning and the right allocation of enough funds, the authors contend that it is still possible to slow and even to reverse the process of degradation. They give a realistic and thorough economic appraisal of how this crucial process can be implemented.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The dryland problem: dimensions of the problem. Part 2 Dryland characteristics and the degradation process: physical and biological characteristis
- degradation and land use
- social and institutional factors. Part 3 The role of public policy in dryland development and management: policies towards the drylands
- designing appropriate policies
- social, cultural and institutional factors. Part 4 General economic principles and techniques of analysis: concepts of economic welfare
- measurement of benefits and costs
- design of an economic analysis
- techniques of economic analysis. Part 5 Managing drylands as renewable economic resources: renewable production systems in dryland areas
- degradation - causes and corrective actions
- dryland agriculture and forestry
- grazing systems. Part 6 Economic appraisal of investments in dryland programmes and projects: financial analysis
- social benefit-cost analysis. Part 7 Valuation of on-site and off-site effects: valuation of productivity changes
- valuation of other effects
- cost analysis techniques. Part 8 Risk and uncertainty in dryland development and management: handling risk and uncertainty
- risk analysis
- decision-making under conditions of uncertainty
- defensive strategies to cope with risk and uncertainty. Part 9 Models for dryland development planning: general policy issues in dryland development planning
- linear programming models
- sectoral planning models
- natural-resource accounts. Part 10 Implementation of policies, programmes and projects: presenting results to decision-makers
- creation of implementation incentives
- selecting the appropriate incentives
- social and cultural constraints to implementation
- policies on land tenure and use rights. Part 11 Case study: benefit-cost analysis of soil conservation in Maphutseng, Lesotho, Jan Bojo
- the economic analysis
- the financial analysis.
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