Accounting for the invisible value of trees on farms through valuation of ecosystem services

cg.contributor.affiliationWorld Agroforestry Centreen
cg.contributor.crpForests, Trees and Agroforestry
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-816436-5.00012-3en
cg.isbn978-0-12-816436-5en
dc.contributor.authorChiputwa, Brianen
dc.contributor.authorIhli, H.en
dc.contributor.authorWainana, P.en
dc.contributor.authorGassner, A.en
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-28T10:58:22Zen
dc.date.available2021-02-28T10:58:22Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/111630
dc.titleAccounting for the invisible value of trees on farms through valuation of ecosystem servicesen
dcterms.abstractThe integration of trees on farms, commonly referred to as agroforestry, has been recognized as a potential strategy to enhance farmers' adaptation to and mitigation of the adverse effects of climate change. Agroforestry is also considered as contributor to sustainable food systems. Due to the complexity of agroforestry systems, their contribution to sustainable food systems is often underestimated as some of the goods and ecosystem services (ESs) provided are not traded in official markets. There is an increasing interest among researchers in trying to measure, model, and value ESs overall and the benefits derived from agroforestry specifically. This chapter reviews available tools that can be applied to value both marketed and nonmarketed goods and ESs from agroforestry. Providing decision-makers with improved value estimates that account for the full value of trees on farms is an important step in ensuring better and more targeted policies that promote biodiversity conservation for more sustainable food systems.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationChiputwa, B., Ihli, H.J., Wainaina, P. and Gassner, A., 2020. Accounting for the invisible value of trees on farms through valuation of ecosystem services. In. The Role of Ecosystem Services in Sustainable Food Systems: 229-261. Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-816436-5.00012-3en
dcterms.issued2020
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.subjectecosystem servicesen
dcterms.subjecttreesen
dcterms.subjectagroforestryen
dcterms.typeBook Chapter

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