International Research on Natural Resource Management

Hermann Waibel is at Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany.

Over the past two decades, significant investment has been made into agriculture-related natural resource management research in developing countries. With investors beginning to request the impact of their investments in this research, a review was needed on the economic, social and environmental effects of these projects. Stemming from an effort to address these concerns, this collection of case studies establishes a methodological foundation for impact assessments of NRMR through a discussion of research conducted by the CGIAR around the world. Both micro- and macroprojects are examined to consider the results of these agricultural and development programs at the farm level as well as on a regional scale.

1. Why Natural Resource Management Research?; 2. The History of NRM Research in the CGIAR; 3. Productivity Enhancement and NRM, NRM Case Studies: What do they tell us?; 4. Overview of the Case Studies; 5. CIMMYT. Assessing the Impact of NRMR: The Case of Zero Tillage in India's Rice-Wheat Systems; 6. CIAT. Impact of Participatory NRMR in Cassava-Based Cropping Systems in Vietnam and Thailand. 7. WorldFish Centre. Impact of the Development and Dissemination of Integrated Aquaculture-Agriculture Technologies in Malwai; 8. World Agroforestry Centre. Impacts of Improved Tree Fallow Technology in Zambia; 9. ICARDA. Ex post Impact Assessment of NRM Technologies in Crop-Livestock Systems in dry Areas of Morocco and Tunisia; 10. IWMI. Assessing the Outcome of IWMI's Research and Interventions on Irrigation Management Transfer; 11. CIFOR. The Sustainability of Forest Management: Assessing the Impact of CIFOR Criteria and Indicators Research: Lessons learned and the Way ahead; 12. The Major Lessons from the Case Studies; 13. The Way ahead: Impact Assessment of NRM Research.