Minimum-data analysis of ecosystem service supply in semi-subsistence agricultural systems

John Antle (), Bocar Diagana, Jetse J. Stoorvogel and Roberto O. Valdivia

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2010, vol. 54, issue 4, 17

Abstract: Antle and Valdivia (2006, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 50, 1–15) proposed a minimum-data (MD) approach to simulate ecosystem service supply curves that can be implemented using readily available secondary data and validated the approach in a case study of soil carbon sequestration in a monoculture wheat system. However, many applications of the MD approach are in developing countries where semi-subsistence systems with multiple production activities are being used and data availability is limited. This paper discusses how MD analysis can be applied to more complex production systems such as semi-subsistence systems with multiple production activities and presents validation analysis for studies of soil carbon sequestration in semi-subsistence farming systems in Kenya and Senegal. Results from these two studies confirm that ecosystem service supply curves based on the MD approach are close approximations to the curves derived from highly detailed data and models and are therefore sufficiently accurate and robust to be used to support policy decision making.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.162051

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