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Over the past two decades, significant investment has been made into agriculture-related natural resource management research in developing countries. With investors beginning to request the impact of their investments in this research, a review was needed on the economic, social and environmental effects of these projects. Stemming from an effort to address these concerns, this collection of case studies establishes a methodological foundation for impact assessments of NRMR through a discussion of research conducted by the CGIAR around the world. Both micro- and macroprojects are examined to consider the results of these agricultural and development programs at the farm level as well as on a regional scale.
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Waibel (economics and management, Leibniz U. of Hannover, Germany) and Zilberman (agricultural and resource economics, U. of California at Berkeley, US) present seven case studies assessing the impacts of major natural resource management research projects undertaken by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). Research topics addressed include zero tillage in India's rice-wheat system, cassava-based cropping systems in Vietnam and Thailand, integrated aquaculture-agriculture technologies in Malawi, improved tree fallow technology in Zambia, crop-livestock systems in dry areas of Morocco and Tunisia, International Water Management Institution (Sri Lanka) interventions on irrigation management transfer, and Center for International Forestry Research criteria and indicators research. Alongside the case studies are a history of national resource management research in the CGIAR and summary discussion of lessons learned. Distributed in the US by Oxford U. Press. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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