Smallholder labor and deforestation: A systems approach

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1361-1366

  Shively, Gerald ^a   Fischer, Monica ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DEFORESTATION; OFF-FARM EMPLOYMENT; SMALLHOLDER;

AFRICA; ASIA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MALAWI; NEPAL; PHILIPPINES; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 10944242269     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0002-9092.2004.00690.x     Document Type: Article

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