Economic policies and the environment: The case of tree planting on low-income farms in the Philippines

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dc.contributorSEARCA - Los BaƱos - the Philippinesen
dc.contributorCoxhead, Ianen
dc.contributorMiranda, Marioen
dc.contributorMasters, Williamen
dc.contributorMacArthur Foundationen
dc.contributorU.S.-Philippines Fulbright Programen
dc.contributor.authorShively, Gerald E.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialPalawan Provinceen
dc.coverage.spatialThe Philippinesen
dc.coverage.temporal1981 - 1994en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:07:28Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:07:28Zen
dc.date.issued1998en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis paper assesses the influences of economic policies and agricultural prices on farmers' land use decisions and the environmental consequences. The author applies a stochastic dynamic household model to study the tree planting decisions made by small holder farmers in the Philippines. The simulation results reveal that both the relative prices and the variability of the prices significantly influence tree planting choices. Although low-income farmers are wary of the risks of tree crop adoption, the aversion to risk can be with policies that make tree crops more attractive choices. This paper also discusses the influence of cropping patterns on soil erosion and local biodiversity.en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier249en
dc.identifier.citationEnvironment and Development Economics 3(1): 83-104en
dc.identifier.issn1355-770Xen
dc.identifier.issn1469-4395en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65312en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherCambridge, UK ; New York, NY: Cambridge University Pressen
dc.relation.urihttp://uk.cambridge.org/journals/ede/en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 1998 Cambridge University Pressen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectBiodiversityen
dc.subjectEconomic policyen
dc.subjectEnvironmental impactsen
dc.subjectSoil erosionen
dc.subjectTropical zonesen
dc.subjectAgricultureen
dc.subjectAgrobiodiversityen
dc.subjectModelingen
dc.subjectEconomic modeling and analysisen
dc.subjectVulnerability and risken
dc.subjectTree cropsen
dc.subjectStochastic dynamic household modelen
dc.subjectLow-income farmsen
dc.subjectPrice risken
dc.subjectPrice variabilityen
dc.subjectCropping patternsen
dc.subjectMangoen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scaleen
dc.titleEconomic policies and the environment: The case of tree planting on low-income farms in the Philippinesen
dc.typeAbstracten
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