The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) for Agriculture and Food India Project - National Symposium Proceedings

The TEEBAgriFood framework application in India has assessed organic farming and agroforestry interventions in the Ganga basin region of India, i.e., the States of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and the Northeast Region of India, particularly the State of Assam. [...] The project has been guided a Project Steering Committee, led by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoAFW) and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and implemented in partnership with the institutions of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), i.e. [...] At the culmination of the project, a national workshop was organized on 16 and 17 November 2023 at the Dr Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi, India to: Share the findings and achievements of the TEEBAgriFood research projects in India Engage with fellow practitioners and deliberate on the range of True Cost Accounting studies in the agriculture and food sector in India Discuss mainst. [...] Under the optimistic scenario driven by positive policy measures, the expansion of agroforestry area will result in a 105% increase in the NPV of timber for the Kosi watershed and a 26.7% increase for the Kailash watershed compared to the BAU scenario. [...] Under the optimistic scenario driven by positive policy measures, the expansion of agroforestry area will result in a 105% increase in the NPV of timber for the Kosi watershed and a 26.7% increase for the Kailash watershed compared to the BAU scenarios.