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Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- 1: Concept and Approaches of Ecosystem Services in Agriculture -- 1.1 About Ecosystem Services -- 1.2 Importance of Ecosystem Services in Agriculture -- 1.3 Value of Soil and Water Resources and Ecosystem Service Delivery -- 1.3.1 The Dilemma -- 1.3.2 Valuation of Soil Ecosystem Services -- 1.4 Payments Need of Ecosystem Services -- 1.4.1 Specific Needs of Payments of ESs in Agriculture -- 1.5 Challenges of Pricing/Valuation of Ecosystem Services -- 1.5.1 Double Counting of ESs in Agriculture -- 1.5.2 Disservices in Agriculture -- 1.6 Messages -- References -- 2: Pricing of Agricultural Products, Soil and Water Management -- 2.1 General Methods of Pricing Ecosystem Services in Agriculture -- 2.2 Pricing of Agricultural Products -- 2.3 Valuation of Soil Nutrient Management in Agriculture -- 2.3.1 Pricing of Nutrient Build-Up -- 2.3.1.1 Valuation of Soil Nutrients Mineralized -- 2.3.1.2 Pricing of Nitrogen Fixation -- 2.3.1.3 Methodologies for Pricing Nitrogen Transformation -- 2.3.2 Pricing of Soil Fertility -- 2.4 Pricing of Ecosystem Services in Amelioration of Problem Soils -- 2.5 Valuation of Water Management in Agriculture -- 2.5.1 Flood Control and Water Regulation -- 2.6 Future Road Map -- 2.6.1 Option of Markets for Ecosystem Services in Agriculture -- 2.7 Messages -- References -- 3: Pricing of Soil and Water Conservation in Agriculture -- 3.1 Pricing of Soil Erosion Control, and Soil Build-Up -- 3.2 Pricing the Ecosystem Benefits of Soil Conservation Measures -- 3.3 Case Studies in Hill and Mountain Ecosystems of India -- 3.3.1 Western Himalayan Region -- 3.3.2 Eastern Himalayan Region -- 3.3.3 Cost of Ecosystem Services (ES) in Hill and Mountain Ecosystem -- 3.4 Valuation of Participatory Watershed Management with Case Studies.

The book deals with the pricing of ecosystem services provided by agriculture. All provisioning, regulating, supporting and cultural services are being covered in this title. Chapters in this contributed volume cover topics such as pricing of services from the soil, water, and nutrient management. Quantified monetary values of carbon sequestration and renewable energy applications in agriculture are covered with clear-cut methodologies. This book also links ecosystem service-based pricing with crop insurance. Improving the farmers livelihood is the central goal of the agricultural production system throughout the world. Under the climate change context, farms produce is now climate-vulnerable and heavily dependent on weather conditions. Moreover, we often neglect the contribution of several positive impacts of agricultural practices on ecosystems and natural resources. Therefore, there is a need to quantify and value these ecosystem services in agriculture. However, valuation and pricing the services in agriculture both tangible and intangible is a challenge. It is necessary to have clear-cut methodologies for pricing ecosystem services of agriculture in terms of net monetary benefits. The ecosystem service-based pricing could be a solid basis for calculating the insurance to farmers in case of occurrence of natural hazard and associated crop damage. This book is of interest to scholars, teachers, researchers, environmental scientists, watershed managers, capacity builders, and policymakers. The book also serves as effective reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture economics, ecology, agronomy, and environmental sciences. National and international agricultural scientists, policymakers will also find this to be useful.