Valuing Agroforestry Systems

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Agroforestry Systems and Valuation Methodologies

   • Janaki R. R. Alavalapati, D. Evan Mercer, Jensen R. Montambault

   Pages 1-8

3. Economic Analyses

   1. Financial Analysis of Agroforestry Practices

      • Steven Franzel

      Pages 9-37

   2. Economic Analyses of a Sustainable Agroforestry System in the Southeastern United States

      • Stephen C. Grado, Amanda L. Husak

      Pages 39-57

   3. Determining Agroforestry Profitability Using the Policy Analysis Matrix

      • W. M. Drew, J. R. R. Alavalapati, P. K. R. Nair

      Pages 59-78

   4. Exploring the Economics of Agroforestry Systems Using a Production Function Approach

      • Geoff Bright

      Pages 79-93

   5. Analyzing Risk in Agroforestry Systems Using a Portfolio Approach

      • Peter Blandon

      Pages 95-122

4. Environmental Economic Analyses

   1. Economics of Agroforestry Carbon Sequestration

      • Ben H. J. De Jong, Susana Ochoa Gaona, Sotero Quechulpa Montalvo, Elsa Esquivel Bazán, Nicolás Pérez Hernández

      Pages 123-138

   2. Dynamic Optimization for Evaluating Externalities in Agroforestry Systems

      • Oscar Cacho, Robyn Hean

      Pages 139-163

   3. Environmental Services from Agroforestry

      • Subhrendu K. Pattanayak, Brooks M. Depro

      Pages 165-182

   4. Estimating Ranchers’ Cost of Agroforestry Adoption

      • Ram K. Shrestha, Janaki R. R. Alavalapati

      Pages 183-199

5. Household Constraints and Agroforestry Adoption

   1. Assessment of Constraints to the Adoption of Improved Fallows in Zimbabwe Using Linear Programming Models

      • Maxwell Mudhara, Peter E. Hildebrand

      Pages 201-218

   2. Metamodeling Agroforestry Adoption

      • Paul H. Thangata, Janaki R. R. Alavalapati, Peter E. Hildebrand

      Pages 219-236

   3. Analyzing Ex-Ante Agroforestry Adoption Decisions with Attribute-Based Choice Experiments

      • Evan Mercer, Ann Snook

      Pages 237-256

6. Macroeconomic and Institutional Analyses

   1. Valuing the Impacts of Agroforestry in Northern China

      • Runsheng Yin

      Pages 257-277

   2. A Framework for Institutional Analysis of Agroforestry Systems

      • Shashi Kant, Emma Lehrer

      Pages 279-302

   3. Summary and Future Directions

      • D. Evan Mercer, Janaki R. R. Alavalapati

      Pages 303-310

7. Back Matter

   Pages 311-314

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The primary objective of this book is to offer practical means for strengthening the economics and policy dimension of the agroforestry discipline. This book, written by the leading experts in economics and agroforestry, encompasses case studies from Australia, China, Kenya, India, Indonesia, Malawi, Mexico, Micronesia, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The applied economic methodologies encompass a wide variety of case studies including enterprise/farm budget models through Faustmann models, Policy Analysis Matrix, production function approach, risk assessment models, dynamic programming, linear programming, meta-modeling, contingent valuation, attribute-based choice experiments, econometric modeling, and institutional economic analysis. It is our belief that these methodologies help agroforestry students and professionals conduct rigorous assessment of economic and policy aspects of agroforestry systems and to produce less biased and more credible information. Furthermore, the economic and policy issues explored in the book – profitability, environmental benefits, risk reduction, household constraints, rural development, and institutional arrangements – are central to further agroforestry adoption in both tropical and temperate regions. All of the chapters in this volume were subject to rigorous peer review by at least one other contributing author and one external reviewer. We would like to acknowledge the indispensable collaboration of those who provided careful external reviews: Ken Andrasko, Chris Andrew, Peter Boxall, Norman Breuer, Bill Hyde, Tom Holmes, Sherry Larkin, Jagannadharao Matta, Venkatrao Nagubadi, Roz Naylor, Thomas Randolph, Gerald Shively, Changyou Sun, Bo Jellesmark Thorsen, and Yaoqi Zhang. All reviews werecoordinated by the book editors.

• China
• Forestry
• Portfolio
• dynamic optimization
• dynamic programming
• econometrics
• economics
• forest
• information
• linear optimization
• modeling
• optimization
• production
• programming
• science and technology

• School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

  Janaki R. R. Alavalapati

• U.S. Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Research Triangle Park, USA

  D. Evan Mercer

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