Setting up the books for on-farm ecological accounting

Anderson, Brooks A (1999) Setting up the books for on-farm ecological accounting. In: First meeting of the Indian Society for Ecological Economics, 20 to 22 December 1999, Bangalore, India.

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Abstract

Conventional frameworks for the assessment of agricultural production practices, such as financial accounting and input-output analysis, fail to fully recognize and represent many of the connections and flows within agroecosystems. A more holistic, ecological understanding of agricultural practices is required for the purpose of determining which practices are ecologically economical, and to reveal shadow efficiencies which may be hidden by conventional analytical approaches.

In the initial stage of an ecological accounting exercise on farms in Tamil Nadu, a body of literature (handbooks, articles and research reports) was collected and reviewed for the purpose of identifying concepts, methods and baseline data that can shape and inform a new, holistic analytical approach: on-farm ecological accounting. This paper presents some of the insights gained during the review of the collected resources, as well as the list of resources, grouped by subject area.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	Agriculture > Agriculture (General)
Depositing User:	Admin User
Date Deposited:	01 Feb 2021 08:17
Last Modified:	01 Feb 2021 08:17
URI:	http://aurorepo.in/id/eprint/123

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