RESEARCH PROGRAMMES Home Research Conducted during 1999-2000 Relative Economic Performance of Watershed Development Projects under Different Management Protocols in Karnataka - R.Sripadmini A Resource Economic Study on Tree Diversity in Coffee Based Plantations in the Western Ghats Region of Karnataka - P.P.Muthappa Forest-Agriculture and Livestock Interaction in Western Ghats Region of Karnataka - A Natural Resource Economics Study - K.S.Roopa Research Conducted during 2000-2001 Pricing of surface water in Bhadra command area - A Resource Economics Study - B.M.Ravi Tank Irrigation in Western Ghats Region of Karnataka - An Economic Study - B.K.Rohith Preservation of sacred groves in Kodagu district, Karnataka - A Natural Resource Economic Study - M.S. Accavva Research Conducted during 2001-2002 Economic analysis of agroforestry systems in Central Dry Zone and Southern Transition Zone of Karnataka.- A.L. Halanaik Pricing of Timber - An economic analysis of teak (Tectona grandis Linn. f.) in Karnataka - R. Raju Pricing of irrigation water and valuation of irrigation induced land degradation effects in Kabini command of Karnataka - K. Shankar Research Conducted during 2002-2003 Economic impact assessment of watershed development programme and its sustainable management - A study in Karnataka - G.B. Lokesh Economic evaluation of percolation tanks in Chithradurga district of Karnataka - T. Chandrappa Research Conducted during 2003-2004 Economics of selected commercial and endangered medicinal plants - M.A. Ganapathy Analysis of Externalities due to Fly Ash from RTPS on Agriculture - An Environmental Economics Study - K. Manjunath Estimation of externalities due to sand mining activity and distillery pollution of groundwater aquifers in agriculture - A.V. Manjunath Relative economics of organic and inorganic coffee production in Western Ghats region of Karnataka - A.K. Jeevarani Drought led management of scarce water: Economics of water conservation in command area: Role of Water management and institutions - V. Padmavathamma Economic valuation of biodiversity in the context of indigenous knowledge - The case of Halahakki Vokkaligaru of the Western Ghats of Karnataka - K.K. Prasanna Rashmi   RESEARCH POTENTIAL IN NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS List of possible research topics in major renewable natural resources linked to agriculture: Water Resources Land Resources Agriculture Forestry Marine Resources Policy and Institutions Live Stock Water (ground and surface) resource Evaluation and impact assessment of irrigation projects. Groundwater depletion and economics of groundwater recharge. Social cost benefit of reclamation of problematic soils. Pricing of water resource and service and water markets. Water use efficiency and sustainability across methods of extraction, irrigation, property rights and use. Land Resource Agrarian and other institutional reforms and their impact on land management, valuation and markets. Economics of soil and water conservation in different property regimes to land. Sustainability of watershed development program and impact on resource linkages. Economic approaches to encroachment, depletion and conservation of CPRs. Agriculture Economic impact of natural resource intensive agriculture on environment, trade, other natural resources. Negative externalities of use of agrochemicals. Economics of sustainable agriculture methods (organic farming, traditional and indigenous agricultural technologies, systems, practices). Economic analysis of energy issues in agriculture. Environmental impact of agricultural waste, reuse and recycling. Forestry Economic analysis of multipurpose tree species, NTFPs and silvicultural systems. Forest policies in the context of sustainability, tribal security. Valuation of biodiversity, forest products, services in westren ghats and other fragile regions. Social-cost benefit analysis of developmental projects on forest ecosystem. Eco-tourism and impact on natural resource management, environment and local economy. Marine Resources Economic impact of aquaculture on agriculture, trade and environment. Environment and equity implications of mechanized harvest of marine resources. Degradation of mangroves and impact on marine ecosystem. Policy and Institutions Policy interventions and institution building for NRs conservation and management. Contribution of gender in natural resource conservation and management and other gender issues in resource conservation. Livestock Dynamics of livestock economy in the context of CPR depletion and implications