TY - CHAP
T1 - Whole-farm planning and analysis
AU - Janke, Rhonda R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - Whole-farm planning and agroecosystem analysis will require a combination of tools and approaches. This chapter examines several tools and approaches to whole-farm planning and analysis, some of which fall within the definition of ecosystem analysis. Whole-farm planning and agroecosystem analysis will require a combination of tools and approaches. From the farmer’s perspective, useful tools include maps, record sheets, financial records, and other ways to track production, costs, and returns. In addition, tools that allow a farmer to track resource use (such as water meters on irrigation pumps) and resource (soil and water) quality will be useful. In the review of whole-farm planning tools, the only tools that seemed to be more common than nutrient budgeting tools were economic planning tools. The chapter explains the relationship between economic analysis and agroecosystem analysis. Early whole-farm planning models can be found in the international agricultural development literature.
AB - Whole-farm planning and agroecosystem analysis will require a combination of tools and approaches. This chapter examines several tools and approaches to whole-farm planning and analysis, some of which fall within the definition of ecosystem analysis. Whole-farm planning and agroecosystem analysis will require a combination of tools and approaches. From the farmer’s perspective, useful tools include maps, record sheets, financial records, and other ways to track production, costs, and returns. In addition, tools that allow a farmer to track resource use (such as water meters on irrigation pumps) and resource (soil and water) quality will be useful. In the review of whole-farm planning tools, the only tools that seemed to be more common than nutrient budgeting tools were economic planning tools. The chapter explains the relationship between economic analysis and agroecosystem analysis. Early whole-farm planning models can be found in the international agricultural development literature.
KW - Agroecosystem analysis
KW - Economic planning tools
KW - Ecosystem analysis
KW - International agricultural development
KW - Nutrient budgeting tools
KW - Whole-farm planning
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U2 - 10.2134/agronmonogr43.c5
DO - 10.2134/agronmonogr43.c5
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84948093323
SN - 9780891181538
SP - 63
EP - 73
BT - Agroecosystems Analysis
PB - wiley
ER -