Browsing by Author "Demeke, B."
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- Economic incentives for land use change: evidence from LantapanCoxhead, Ian; Demeke, B. (2004)Optimal land use and farm area choices depend on crop prices, input prices, family labor, household characteristics, and agro-ecological characteristics. Location in the watershed (e.g. altitude) is important. We can distinguish separate decision units by location for purposes of linking to environmental analyses. We parameterize the model using Lantapan farm survey data from 1994 - 2002.
- Modeling spatially differentiated environmental policy in a Philippine watershed: Tradeoffs between environmental protection and poverty reductionDemeke, B.; Coxhead, Ian (State College, PA: Pennsylvania State University and Madison, WI.: Univeristy of Wisconsin - Madison, 2006)
- Panel data evidence on upland agricultural land use in the Philippines: Can economic policy reforms reduce environmental damage?Coxhead, Ian; Demeke, B. (2004)In this paper we investigate determinants of land use decisions made by farmers in an upland area of the Philippines. Our goal is to quantify land use responses to economic signals, especially agricultural prices, and thereby to shed light on the impacts of policies affecting such prices. We use a decade-long panel of farm-level data on agricultural practices and prices. We find that prices do indeed matter to upland land use decisions, and thus that policy reforms, such as those required by accession to the WTO, may be influential if indirect determinants of land use patterns in these politically and environmentally sensitive areas.
- Poverty and environmental damage in Philippine agriculture: Do trade policies matter?Coxhead, Ian; Demeke, B. (Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2005)Non-technical analysis of effects of trade policies on farmers' incentives with respect to land use in Philippine uplands