Assessment of ecosystem services of rice farms in eastern India
作者机构:ICAR-National Rice Research InstituteCuttackOdisha 753006India Indian Institute of Soil SciencesNabibaghBhopalMadhya PradeshIndia Institute of Biological&Environmental SciencesUniversity of Aberdeen23 St Machar DriveAberdeen AB243UUUK.
出 版 物:《Ecological Processes》 (生态过程(英文))
年 卷 期:2019年第8卷第1期
页 面:435-450页
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基 金:National Rice Research Institute, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, NRRI Natural Environment Research Council, NERC, (NE/M021327/1) Natural Environment Research Council, NERC Indian Council of Agricultural Research, ICAR Ministry of Earth Sciences, एमओईएस
主 题:Ecosystem services Rice farming Economic gap Payment for ecosystem services(PES)
摘 要:Background:Rice is a major cereal crop and staple food of eastern India,and most farmers depend solely on rice for their *** farming provides both tangible and non-tangible benefits to ecosystems which need to be maintained and *** benefits are provided through ecosystem services(ES)that include both marketable and ***:In this study,the rice farms in eastern India were valued by quantifying the economic value of the services under conventional method of rice cultivation and the gap of ecosystem services value and farm income per unit area were assessed.A stratified random sampling technique was used in this study for selection of agro-climatic zones,districts,blocks,gram panchayat,and study units(households).Soil sampling was also performed for assessing the regulating services(biocontrol of pests,carbon flow,soil erosion,nitrogen fixation),provisioning services(food and by-products),and supporting services(soil fertility,hydrological flow,nutrient cycling,and soil formation).Results:The results indicated that the total economic value of ecosystem services ranged from US$1238 to 1688 ha−1 year−*** marketed(primary production)and non-marketed ecosystem services values ranged from 66–89 to 11–34%of the total,*** of some of the ecosystem services such as cultural services,biodiversity,and gas regulation,which may play a significant role in total ecosystem services,has not been made due to non-availability of data and appropriate methodology for rice *** values of parameters can explain the variability in ecosystem services among the agro-climatic zones in eastern *** of locations based on variability of ecosystem services helps in identifying intervention points for sustaining and improving ecosystem services,while permitting sustainable agro-ecological *** highest total economic gap between ES value and farm income was found in the north central plateau zone(US$