Assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management: Challenges and experiences
Assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management (INRM) research poses a challenge to scientists. The complexity of INRM interventions requires a more holistic approach to impact assessment, beyond the plot and farm levels and beyond traditional analysis of economic returns. Impact ass...
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| author | Gottret, María Verónica White, D. |
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| description | Assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management (INRM) research poses a challenge to scientists. The complexity of INRM interventions requires a more holistic approach to impact assessment, beyond the plot and farm levels and beyond traditional analysis of economic returns. Impact assessment for INRM combines the traditional "what" and "where" factors of economic and environmental priorities with newer "who" and "how" aspects of social actors and institutions. This paper presents an analytical framework and methodology for assessing the impact of INRM. A key feature of the proposed methodology is that it starts with a detailed planning process that develops a well-defined, shared, and holistic strategy to achieve development impact. This methodology, which is known as the "paths of development impact" methodology, includes the mapping of research outputs, intermediate outcomes, and development impacts. A central challenge is to find a balance between the use of generalizable measures that facilitate cross-site comparison and slower participatory process methods that empower local stakeholders. Sufficient funding for impact assessment and distinct stakeholder interests are also challenges. Two hillside sites in Central America and one forest margin site in Peru serve as case studies. |
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| spelling | CGSpace431972023-02-15T05:20:03Z Assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management: Challenges and experiences Gottret, María Verónica White, D. natural resources resource management agriculture research impact case studies sloping land food security poverty sustainability environmental degradation recursos naturales ordenación de recursos agricultura impacto de la investigación estudios de casos prácticos perú terreno en declive seguridad alimentaria pobreza sostenibilidad degradación ambiental Assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management (INRM) research poses a challenge to scientists. The complexity of INRM interventions requires a more holistic approach to impact assessment, beyond the plot and farm levels and beyond traditional analysis of economic returns. Impact assessment for INRM combines the traditional "what" and "where" factors of economic and environmental priorities with newer "who" and "how" aspects of social actors and institutions. This paper presents an analytical framework and methodology for assessing the impact of INRM. A key feature of the proposed methodology is that it starts with a detailed planning process that develops a well-defined, shared, and holistic strategy to achieve development impact. This methodology, which is known as the "paths of development impact" methodology, includes the mapping of research outputs, intermediate outcomes, and development impacts. A central challenge is to find a balance between the use of generalizable measures that facilitate cross-site comparison and slower participatory process methods that empower local stakeholders. Sufficient funding for impact assessment and distinct stakeholder interests are also challenges. Two hillside sites in Central America and one forest margin site in Peru serve as case studies. 2002 2014-09-24T08:41:46Z 2014-09-24T08:41:46Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/43197 en Open Access |
| spellingShingle | natural resources resource management agriculture research impact case studies sloping land food security poverty sustainability environmental degradation recursos naturales ordenación de recursos agricultura impacto de la investigación estudios de casos prácticos perú terreno en declive seguridad alimentaria pobreza sostenibilidad degradación ambiental Gottret, María Verónica White, D. Assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management: Challenges and experiences |
| title | Assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management: Challenges and experiences |
| title_full | Assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management: Challenges and experiences |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management: Challenges and experiences |
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| title_short | Assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management: Challenges and experiences |
| title_sort | assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management challenges and experiences |
| topic | natural resources resource management agriculture research impact case studies sloping land food security poverty sustainability environmental degradation recursos naturales ordenación de recursos agricultura impacto de la investigación estudios de casos prácticos perú terreno en declive seguridad alimentaria pobreza sostenibilidad degradación ambiental |
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