Economics and land degradation

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dc.contributor.authorBojö, J. P.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:07:52Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:07:52Zen
dc.date.issued1991en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis article presents the issue of land degradation from an economic point-of-view, and discusses how cost-benefit analysis can help improve land management practices. Land degradation, which is defined by the loss of land productivity, is perpetuated by many forces, including market failure and policy failure. With quality economic analysis, land managers can potentially improve the quality of their soil, which can increase crop production and address the issue of food security.en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier4685en
dc.identifier.citationAMBIO 20(2): 75-79en
dc.identifier.issn0044-7447en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/68922en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciencesen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.jstor.org/stable/4313780en
dc.rightsAmbio Copyright 1991 Royal Swedish Academy of Sciencesen
dc.subjectSoil erosionen
dc.subjectEconomicsen
dc.subjectLand degradationen
dc.subjectMarket failureen
dc.subjectPolicy failureen
dc.subjectCost-benefit analysisen
dc.subjectExternalitiesen
dc.subjectProductivityen
dc.subjectField Scale Governanceen
dc.titleEconomics and land degradationen
dc.typeAbstracten
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