Search Results - subject:"NRM"

Changing the direction of environmental investment in Australia: Learnings from implementing INFFER

Marsh, Sally P.; Curatolo, April; Pannell, David J.; … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2011

Investment in natural resource management (NRM) by regional organisations in Australia has been widely criticised for … arrangements remain serious barriers to the adoption of methods to improve environmental outcomes from NRM investment. Despite … decision making by regional NRM bodies that is more focused on outcomes and cost-effectiveness. …

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Gender Issues in Agriculture

Singh, K.M.; Meena, M.S.; Kumar, Abhay; Singh, R.K.P. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Agriculture occupies a key position in the Indian economy providing a source of livelihood for a majority of the population. Successes in agricultural front with high production levels, especially in food grains have indeed been achieved. But more energy in the form of mineral fertilizers,...

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Framing and managing the adoption of practice change for NRM by farmers.

Wright, Vic; Keeble, Brigette; Kaine, Geoff - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013

Public good objectives have, for many years, encouraged governments to target farmers with propositions for change to their production practices. Initially these propositions were attempts to accelerate the adoption of innovations that offered enhanced productivity. They have come to include...

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Information and Communication Technologies for Sustainable Natural Resource Management

Meena, M.S..; Singh, K.M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

The natural resources of most developing countries are under increasing stress, and many nations are increasingly concerned about achieving environmental sustainability through efficient use of land and water resources. As population is escalating very fast and consumer demand for high value...

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Impacts of CGIAR Crop Improvement and Natural Resource Management Research: A Review of Evidence

Pal, Suresh - In: Agricultural Economics Research Review 24 (2011) 2

This paper has examined the trends in funding and impacts of CGIAR research with a focus on distribution of economic benefits and sustainability of natural resources. The evidence has clearly shown that the impacts in terms of agricultural growth, poverty reduction and environmental protection...

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Improving NRM Investment through a policy performance lens

Whitten, Stuart M.; Coggan, Anthea; Pert, Petina; … - 2009

Choosing a mechanism to encourage landholders to change their land management inorder to deliver environmental outcomes is a complicated process. Careful instrumentselection may count for little if uptake and adoption are insufficient to meetperformance targets. Similarly, investors may require...

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Improving NRM Investment through a policy performance lens

Whitten, Stuart M.; Coggan, Anthea; Pert, Petina; … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2009

Choosing a mechanism to encourage landholders to change their land management in order to deliver environmental outcomes is a complicated process. Careful instrument selection may count for little if uptake and adoption are insufficient to meet performance targets. Similarly, investors may...

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Contribution of simulation and gaming to natural resource management issues: An introduction

Barreteau, O.; Page, C. Le; Perez, P. - HAL - 2007

Nowadays, computer-mediated simulations and games are widely used in the field of natural resource management (NRM … specificities of the NRM research field are highlighted. Then, based on the analysis of the articles presented in this special issue …. Finally, after reviewing the benefits of using simulation games in NRM, the authors stress the ethical issue of changing …

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