Agricultural development with rainforest conservation: Methods for seeking best bet alternatives to slash-and-burn, with applications to Brazil and Indonesia

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 159-174

  Tomich, Thomas P ^a   Van Noordwijk, Meine ^a   Vosti, Stephen A ^b   Witcover, Julie ^b  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural development; Agronomic sustainability; Amazon; Biodiversity; Brazil; Climate change; Indonesia; Rainforests; Sumatra; Upland farming systems

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; LAND USE; NATURE CONSERVATION; RAINFOREST; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

BRAZIL; INDONESIA;

EID: 0032167425     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(98)00032-2     Document Type: Article

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