Agricultural subsidies and forest pressure in Malawi's Miombo woodlands

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dc.contributor.authorFisher, M.en
dc.contributor.authorShively, Gerald E.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialMalawien
dc.coverage.spatialAfricaen
dc.coverage.temporal1998 - 2000en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:20:12Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:20:12Zen
dc.date.issued2007en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines impacts of an agricultural subsidy program on forest pressure in Malawi. Using household survey data, we measure the effect on forest product marketing and on forest clearing of Malawi's Starter Pack Scheme (SPS). Regression results show households receiving a free packet of hybrid maize seed and chemical fertilizer (a "starter pack") had lower levels of commercial forest extraction than nonrecipient households. In addition, no measurable effect of starter pack receipt is found on forest clearing decisions, suggesting the program raised agricultural output without encouraging agricultural expansion. Findings thus indicate potential modest improvement in forest condition due to the SPS.en
dc.description.notesSysCoor-5 (Policy and Governance)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier2656en
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 32(2): 349-362en
dc.identifier.issn0162-1912en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/67082en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.relation.urihttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/handle/123456789/28126en
dc.relation.urihttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/123456789/28126/1/32020349.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2007 Western Agricultural Economics Associationen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectConservation agricultureen
dc.subjectDeforestationen
dc.subjectForest managementen
dc.subjectTropical zonesen
dc.subjectLand use managementen
dc.subjectForestsen
dc.subjectHabitat destructionen
dc.subjectIntensive farmingen
dc.subjectAfricaen
dc.subjectAgricultural intensificationen
dc.subjectConservation and developmenten
dc.subjectMalawien
dc.subjectTropical deforestationen
dc.subjectGovernanceen
dc.titleAgricultural subsidies and forest pressure in Malawi's Miombo woodlandsen
dc.typeAbstracten
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