Projection of aggregate and farm benefits of conservation agriculture productions systems using economic surplus analysis and linear programing in Nepal

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorPaudel, Bikashen
dc.contributor.authorChan-Halbrendt, Catherineen
dc.contributor.authorNguema, Abigail M.en
dc.contributor.authorNorton, George W.en
dc.contributor.authorTamang, Bishal B.en
dc.contributor.authorRadovich, Theodore J. K.en
dc.contributor.authorCrow, Susanen
dc.contributor.authorHalbrendt, Jacquelineen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialUniversity of Hawaiien
dc.coverage.spatialHonoluluen
dc.coverage.spatialHawaiien
dc.coverage.temporal2012 - 2013en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:30:33Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:30:33Zen
dc.date.issued2013en
dc.description.abstractTraditional agriculture in central mid hills of Nepal is characterized by cultivation of sloping lands, resulting in lower productivity and soil loss. The Sustainable Management of Agro-ecological Resources in Tribal Societies (SMARTS) project applied a participatory agro-ecological research framework to develop improved conservation agriculture practices system (CAPS) to contribute to sustainable livelihood of marginalized tribal farmers. This paper used economic surplus analysis at macro level to analyze the effect of adoption of adoption of different CAPS by farmers on aggregate benefits. The paper also used farm level linear programming model to estimate the revenue maximization allocation of the land for a representative households. The result indicated adoption of CAPS 2 (i.e. maize in first season followed by cowpea cover crop) increased the aggregate economic surplus but adoption of CAPS 3 and CAPS 4 did not increase the economic surplus. At farm level profit maximization model showed, when the soil loss is not considered, adoption of CAPS 1 on all land produced maximum revenue. Under the scenario build with maximum soil loss of 1 ton ha-1 year-1, adoption of CAPS 4 (maize followed by millet+cowpea intercrop with strip tillage) on 61% of land, CAPS 2 on 34% of land and CAPS 3 on 4% (maize followed by millet+cowpea intercrop with conventional tillage) was profit maximizing. Farmers can increase farm revenue and profit by adopting either of the scenarios.en
dc.description.notesLTRA-11 (CAPS among tribal societies in India and Nepal)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/vnd.ms-powerpointen
dc.identifier7411en
dc.identifier.citationPresented at 22nd Annual Meeting and Conference of International Farm Business Management Association (IFAMA), 16-20 June, 2013, Atlanta, GAen
dc.identifier.other7411_IFAMA_presentation_presented.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/70200en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectConservation agricultureen
dc.subjectSoil conservationen
dc.subjectLocal NGOsen
dc.subjectIndigenous communityen
dc.subjectAgricultureen
dc.subjectFood securityen
dc.subjectSustainable agricultureen
dc.subjectConservation tillageen
dc.subjectTraditional farmingen
dc.subjectUniversitiesen
dc.subjectAgricultural ecosystemsen
dc.subjectFarming systemsen
dc.subjectSloping landsen
dc.subjectLinear programmingen
dc.subjectAggregate benefitsen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scaleen
dc.titleProjection of aggregate and farm benefits of conservation agriculture productions systems using economic surplus analysis and linear programing in Nepalen
dc.title.alternativeChange in household revenue and aggregate economic benefit by adoption of conservation agriculture production system (CAPS) in the hill maize systems of Nepalen
dc.typePresentationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
7411_IFAMA_presentation_presented.pdf
Size:
6.12 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebase