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241	The economics of erosion and sustainable practices : the case of the Saint-Esprit watershed Dissart, Jean-Christophe. January 1998 (has links) No description available. Saint-Esprit River Watershed (Québec)
242	Conservation Competition: Perspectives on Agricultural Drainage During the New Deal Era Allen, Davis 13 September 2016 (has links) No description available. Agriculture American History Conservation Ecology Environmental Studies History Land Use Planning Modern History Natural Resource Management Sustainability Water Resource Management Wildlife Conservation Wildlife Management environmental history ecological history wetland swamp marsh agriculture drainage conservation preservation soil conservation flood control new deal franklin d roosevelt hugh hammond bennett henry a wallace jay ding darling aldo leopold
243	COncepts and costs for the maintenance of productive capacity: a study of the measurement and reporting of soil quality O'Brien, Patricia Ann, patricia.o'brien@rmit.edu.au January 1999 (has links) This thesis studies the role accounting plays in the monitoring and reporting of soil quality in one sector of the agricultural industry, broadacre farming. A survey was conducted with broadacre farmers in the Loddon Catchment, Victoria, Australia. The primary aim was to determine the effectiveness accounting plays in providing information to decision makers relative to the productive capacity in soil quality and not just on profits. The capital asset in this study was defined as soil quality. Soils and soil quality in particular, are major elements in determining land value. The concern is decisions are being made by potential buyers and other decision makers, particularly policy makers, with regards to soil quality on the basis of incomplete and often misleading information. It is proposed that a major reason is due to the fact that different participants in the agricultural and accounting industries require and use different information. The accounting systems used by farmers are those that have been developed for the manufacturing sector which may not be appropriate for managing long-term, complex resources such as soil. The farmers themselves did not find formal accounting reports useful for decision making because these reports are based on uniform standards and market prices. The topic of soil quality and land degradation is viewed from two perspectives. In one perspective, the proprietary view; the accounting emphasis is on the ownership of assets and the change, both in income and capital, in these assets over time. In this case the accounting equation is seen as assets - liabilities = equities. The proprietor takes all the risk. A more recent perspective in accounting, the entity view, emphasises the assets whether financed from equity or debt and where the accounting equation is seen as assets = equities. The emphasis changes to the income flow from these assets and more interest is shown in current market prices as a reflection of the future value of these assets Profit is not necessarily a good indicator of what farmers are doing for their capital asset. There needs to be greater emphasis on costs undertaken for the conservation of soil. Those costs should be considered an investment and put into the balance sheet and not the profit and loss statement. The major finding of study demonstrates that decision making groups have different Activity-based costing Agricultural conservation Agricultural ecology Assets (Accounting) Capital assets Current liabilities Debt Environmental responsibility Family farms Farm business management Farm risks Farming and rural systems economics Farms Income forecasting Land degradation Liabilities Natural resources Nonrenewable natural resources Prices Productivity accounting Renewable natural resources Risk management Salinity Soils Soil conservation Soil degradation Soil economic aspects Soil ecology Soil fertility Soil productivity Soil profiles Soils Quality Soil structure Stocks Wealth Wives Women

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