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Eco-regional approaches for sustainable land use and food production

Proceedings of a symposium on eco-regional approaches in agricultural research, 12–16 December 1994, ISNAR, The Hague

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. J. Bouma

    1. Department of Soil Science and Geology, and C. T. de Wit Graduate School for Production Ecology, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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  2. A. Kuyvenhoven

    1. Department of Development Economics, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
      Netherlands Economic Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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  3. B. A. M. Bouman

    1. DLO-Research Institute for Agrobiology and Soil Fertility, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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  4. J. C. Luyten

    1. DLO-Research Institute for Agrobiology and Soil Fertility, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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  5. H. G. Zandstra

    1. International Potato Center, Lima, Peru

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Part of the book series: System Approaches for Sustainable Agricultural Development (SAAD, volume 4)

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Table of contents (24 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Eco-regional approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Eco-regional approaches, why, what and how

      • R. Rabbinge
      Pages 3-11

    3. Facing the challenge of the Andean Zone: the role of modeling in developing sustainable management of natural resources

      • R. A. Quiroz, Rubén Darío Estrada, C. U. León-Velarde, H. G. Zandstra
      Pages 13-31

    4. Eco-regional approaches and Agenda 21: a policy view

      • R. D. Van Den Berg
      Pages 33-40

  3. Resources availability and demand studies at a global scale

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. Scenarios for land use in Europe: agro-ecological options within socio-economic boundaries

      • H. C. Van Latesteijn
      Pages 43-63

    3. Natural resources and limits of food production in 2040

      • F. W. T. Penning De Vries, H. Van Keulen, R. Rabbinge
      Pages 65-87

    4. Prospects for world food security and distribution

      • P. Pinstrup-Andersen, R. Pandya-Lorch
      Pages 89-111

    5. Response to Section A* and B

      • W. Tims, P. S. Teng, M. Hossain, M. J. Kropff
      Pages 113-129

  4. Linking different scale levels in ecological and economic studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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    2. Agro-ecological knowledge at different scales

      • L. O. Fresco
      Pages 133-141

    3. Aggregating economic knowledge for use at national, regional, sector, and farm level

      • W. G. Janssen
      Pages 143-163

  5. Case studies of eco-regional approaches at rational and regional scale

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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    2. A systems approach to analyze production options for wheat in India

      • P. K. Aggarwal, N. Kalra, S. K. Bandyopadhyay, S. Selvarajan
      Pages 167-186

    3. Options for sustainable agricultural systems and policy instruments to reach them

      • A. Kuyvenhoven, R. Ruben, G. Kruseman
      Pages 187-212

    4. Sustainable agriculture in the Sahel? (Integrated farming, perennials and fertilizers)

      • H. Breman
      Pages 213-235

    5. Response to section C*

      • R. D. Norton, K. Atta-Krah, P. G. Jones
      Pages 237-260

  6. Institutional aspects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 261-261
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    2. Founding a systems research network for rice

      • H. F. M. Ten Berge, M. J. Kropff
      Pages 263-282
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Keywords

About this book

In the coming decades the world will need to more than double its food and feed production, almost all of the increase being needed in developing countries. This has socioeconomic and biophysical implications. Traditional component and commodity research addresses overly narrow issues at too small a scale. Rural development needs an eco-regional approach that integrates biophysical and socioeconomic work on cropping systems, livestock, the environment, and natural resources.
This book contains the papers, response papers and discussion report of a five-day seminar on eco-regional approaches. It assesses the state of the art of systems approaches applied to eco-regional problems, presenting and discussing a number of case studies. Future research needs are discussed, as well as ways to improve collaboration between research institutes.
The seminar on which the book is based was organised on behalf of the Directorate General for International Cooperation of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the Research Institute for Agrobiology and Soil Fertility (AB-DLO), the Wageningen Agricultural University (WAU), and the International Potato Centre (CIP). It was held at the International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR), and was attended by participants from all CGIAR centres, among others.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Soil Science and Geology, and C. T. de Wit Graduate School for Production Ecology, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    J. Bouma

  • Department of Development Economics, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    A. Kuyvenhoven

  • Netherlands Economic Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    A. Kuyvenhoven

  • DLO-Research Institute for Agrobiology and Soil Fertility, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    B. A. M. Bouman, J. C. Luyten

  • International Potato Center, Lima, Peru

    H. G. Zandstra

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Eco-regional approaches for sustainable land use and food production

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of a symposium on eco-regional approaches in agricultural research, 12–16 December 1994, ISNAR, The Hague

  • Editors: J. Bouma, A. Kuyvenhoven, B. A. M. Bouman, J. C. Luyten, H. G. Zandstra

  • Series Title: System Approaches for Sustainable Agricultural Development

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0121-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1995

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-3608-2Published: 31 October 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-4058-7Published: 03 October 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-0121-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0928-9526

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 507

  • Topics: Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Development Economics, Soil Science & Conservation, Plant Sciences, Ecology

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