Risks and returns from soil conservation: Evidence from low-income farms in the Philippines

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-67

  Shively, Gerald E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contour hedgerows; Philippines; Soil conservation; Stochastic dominance; Yield risk

Indexed keywords

HEDGEROW; RISK FACTOR; SOIL CONSERVATION; YIELD;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 0032811075     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(99)00013-4     Document Type: Article

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