NaRIA: Natural Resource Integrity Assesment
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Dated: January 2014
Author: Edmundo Barrios
Summary: The purpose of the NaRIA Score Card is to provide a rapid assessment of the Natural Resource Integrity (NRI) status of farms to be involved in experimental work in Action Sites within Action Areas of the Humidtropics CGIAR Research Program. This would allow stratification of study farms according to initial NRI status when analyzing results of large numbers of participatory on-farm trials to be conducted at each Action Area. Dimensions Used: Landscape context, soil erosion, soil organic matter, soil nutrient availability, soil biological activity, pests diseases and weedsMethodology: Within each dimension an assessment of various parameters are made and then subjectively scored on a colour chart from blue (good) to red (bad). Usage: Paper form. No help provided for analysis - simply a count of the number of parameters fitting in each colour category. Relevance to CCRP: Moderate. Indicators are subjective but also confusingly scored (e.g. for "pests diseases and weeds" the category "Rare" covers 21-40% damage by insects and would be scored as a "green" category. The % guidelines here do not seem helpful). No methods of easioly analysing or combining the results. Visual approach to scoring is good in theory, but confused by having "blue" as the highest category which goes against human intuition. All indicators are based purely on environmental conditions - nothing directly related to agroecological practices or socio-economics. Barrios E., Mortimer P.E. (2014). Natural Resource Integrity Assessment (NaRIA) Score Card. Integrated Systems Improvement (SRT 2.3). CGIAR Research program on Integrated Systems for the Humid Tropics (CRP 1.2).
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