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Browsing by Author "Lee, D. R."

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  • The adoption of low-external input sustainable agriculture in developing countries
    Lee, D. R. (American Agricultural Economics Association, 2005)
  • Ecoagriculture: A review and assessment of its scientific foundations
    Buck, L. E.; Gavin, T. A.; Lee, D. R.; Uphoff, N. T. (Ithaca, New York: Cornell University; SANREM CRSP, University of Georgia, 2004)
    As problems such as the loss of biodiversity, rural poverty and environmental degradation get worse, natural resource management practices need to change to counter this trend. New institutions and practices need to be embraced in order to encourage practices to reverse these trends. There are also competing pressures, such as those to increase agricultural production and to conserve biodiversity, that must be dealt with.
  • Paying for Environmental Services: An analysis of participation in Costa Rica's PSA Program
    Zbinden, S.; Lee, D. R. (Great Britain: Elsevier, 2005)
    Summary: Costa Rica has long been a leader among developing countries in the design of and experimentation with innovative environmental programs. Since 1997, Costa Rica's "Pagos de Servicios Ambientales" (Payments for Environmental Services) Program has provided payments to more than 4,400 farmers and forest owners for reforestation, forest conservation, and sustainable forest management activities. Econometric analysis of a survey of farmers and forest owners, including both PSA participants and nonparticipants, shows that farm size, human capital and household economic factors, and information variables significantly influence participation in PSA program alternatives. Large farmers and forest owners are disproportionately represented among program participants.