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eeu sweden kenya | Agriculture Climate change Bio-economics of Conservation Agriculture and Soil Carbon Sequestration in Developing Countries Improvement in soil carbon through conservation agriculture in developing countries may generate some private benefits to farmers as well as sequester carbon emissions, which is a positive externality to society. Leaving crop residue on the farm has become an important option in conservation agriculture practice. However, in developing countries, using crop residue for conservation agriculture has the opportunity cost of say feed for livestock.

kenya | Forestry Policy design Opportunity costs of conservation: The case of protected area management in the Kakamega Forest, Western Kenya Knowing the local opportunity costs of restricting access to forest land and resources for conservation purposes is an important input to the design of cost-effective conservation schemes that minimize adverse effects on poor forest users. Jan Börner , John Mburu , Paul Guthiga , Stephen Wambua, 2009, “Assessing opportunity costs of conservation: Ingredients for protected area management in the Kakamega Forest, Western Kenya”. Forest Policy and Economics 11 (2009) 459–467.

kenya | Agriculture Production Risk and Farm Technology Adoption in Rain-Fed, Semi-Arid Lands of Kenya Poor Kenyan farmers in rain-fed, risky environments are reluctant to adopt new technologies with potential production gain because of enormous downside risks. Juma, Maurice, Wilfred Nyangena, and Mahmud Yesuf (2009), "Production Risk and Farm Technology Adoption in Rain-Fed, Semi-Arid Lands of Kenya" EfD Discussion Paper 09-22, Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future, Washington DC, October 2009.

kenya | Policy design Challenging Drylands Myths with Economics and Facts Ecological adaptations allow dryland plants and animals to reproduce, grow and survive in extreme conditions. Simply dryland systems are ecologically resilient and cannot be dismissed as wastelands Nyangena, Wilfred, 2009 “Realising the true value of ecosystem services” in Mortimore, M. (Ed) “Dryland Opportunities: A new paradigm for people, ecosystems and development” pp. 27-41. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland, IIED, London, UK and UNDP, New York, USA.

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