Induced innovation and land degradation: Results from a bioeconomic model of a village in West Africa

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 15-25

  Barbier, Bruno ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural policy; Biophysical model; Burkina Faso; Environment; Farming systems; Induced innovation; Linear programming; Simulation; West Africa

Indexed keywords

LAND DEGRADATION; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; MODELING; POPULATION PRESSURE; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; YIELD;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 0032168290     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(98)00052-8     Document Type: Article

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