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
were coordinated by the book editors.
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