Land quality, agricultural productivity, and food security : biophysical processes and economic choices at local, regional, and global levels / edited by Keith Wiebe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wiebe, Keith Daniel, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land capability for agriculture--Congresses.

Land capability for agriculture.

Agricultural productivity--Congresses.

Agricultural productivity.

Food supply--Congresses.

Food supply.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xi, 461 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2003]

Contents:

Part 1 Overview and Data

1. Land Quality, Agricultural Productivity, and Food Security / Keith Wiebe 3

2. Soil Degradation and Global Food Security: A Soil Science Perspective / Rattan Lal 16

3. Global Consequences of Land Degradation: An Economic Perspective / Pierre Crosson 36

4. Land Quality, Agricultural Productivity, and Food Security: A Spatial Perspective / Stanley Wood, Kate Sebastian, Jordan Chamberlin 47

5. A Global Assessment of Land Quality / Hari Eswaran, Friedrich H. Beinroth, Paul F. Reich 111

6. Developing Geo-Spatial Land Quality Indicators for Productivity Analysis / Vincent E. Breneman 133

Part 2 Land Quality and Differences in Agricultural Productivity Between Countries

7. Resource Quality and Agricultural Productivity: A Multi-Country Comparison / Keith Wiebe, Meredith J. Soule, Clare Narrod, Vincent E. Breneman 147

8. Climate, Agriculture, and Economic Development / William A. Masters 166

9. Farm Sector Total Factor Productivity: Controlling for Land Quality in an International Comparison / V. Eldon Ball, Jean-Christophe Bureau, Jean-Pierre Butault, Richard Nehring 184

10. Land Quality and Agricultural Efficiency: A Distance Function Approach / Scott A. Malcolm, Meredith J. Soule 207

Part 3 Land Degradation and Changes in Agricultural Productivity Over Time

11. Productivity-Related Economic Impacts of Soil Degradation in Developing Countries: An Evaluation of Regional Experience / Sara J. Scherr 223

12. Crop Yield Losses to Soil Erosion at Regional and Global Scales: Evidence from Plot-Level and GIS Data / Christoffel den Biggelaar, Rattan Lal, Hari Eswaran, Vincent E. Breneman, Paul F. Reich 262

13. Farmer Responses to Land Degradation / Stefano Pagiola 280

14. Farmers' Incentives to Conserve Soil Resources: A Dynamic Model Applied to the North-Central United States / Jeffrey W. Hopkins, Gary D. Schnitkey, Mario J. Miranda, Brent G. Sohngen, Luther G. Tweeten 305

15. Land Tenure and the Adoption of Conservation Practices in the United States / Meredith J. Soule, Abebayehu Tegene 319

16. Transitional and Persistent Poverty and Management of Fragile Lands: Evidence from El Salvador / Jeffrey W. Hopkins, Douglas Southgate 337

Part 4 Implications for Food Security

17. Land Quality, Land Degradation, and Food Security in Developing Countries / Stacey Rosen, Shahla Shapouri 355

18. Water Availability and the Future of Irrigated and Rainfed Cereal Production / Ximing Cai, Mark W. Rosegrant 370

Part 5 Implications for Research and Policy

19. Agricultural R&D, Resources, and Productivity / Paul W. Heisey, Mitch Renkow 405

20. Summary and Policy Challenges / Keith Wiebe 431.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1840647523

OCLC:

52240100