Vadez, V and Reyes-García, V and Huanca, T and Leonard, W R (2008) Cash Cropping, Farm Technologies, and Deforestation: What are the Connections? A Model with Empirical Data from the Bolivian Amazon. Human Organization, 67 (4). pp. 384-396.
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Abstract
Research suggests that cash cropping is positively associated with deforestation. We use three-year data (2000-2002, inclusive) from 493 households to estimate the association between cash cropping rice and deforestation. Doubling the area sown with rice is associated with a 26-30 percent increase in the area of forest cleared during the next cropping season. We simulate the changes in rice cultivation to reach a daily income level of $1/person from cash cropping rice. We find that within 10 years: (1) the amount of deforestation would triple, (2) work requirements would exceed household's labor availability, and (3) fallows duration would decrease two-fold. To avoid the increase of deforestation from cash cropping requires increasing productivity, diversification of income sources, or both.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | UNSPECIFIED |
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| Subjects: | Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics |
| Depositing User: | Library ICRISAT |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Oct 2011 14:19 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Oct 2011 14:19 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/2692 |
| Official URL: | http://www.tsimane.org/working%20papers/TAPS-WP-18... |
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