Price policy and returns to soil conservation in semi-arid Kenya

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 225-271

  Pagiola, Stefano ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

economics; environment; government policy; Kenya; land degradation; Price distortions; soil conservation

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC INCENTIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INCENTIVES; LAND DEGRADATION; POLICY IMPACT; PRICE DISTORTION; SOIL CONSERVATION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TERRACING;

KENYA;

AGRICULTURE; COSTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FARMERS; INCENTIVES; KENYA; LAND DEGRADATION; PRICE DISTORTIONS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

EID: 0030300816     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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