Determinants of income-earning strategies and adoption of conservation practices in hillside communities in rural Honduras

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 92-110

  Jansen, Hans G P ^a,b,d   Rodriguez, Angel ^c,e   Damon, Amy ^a,f   Pender, John ^a   Chenier, Jacqueline ^c,g   Schipper, Rob ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Secretariat of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG)   (Honduras)

^d International Food Policy Research Institute   (Costa Rica)

^e Office for Mesoamerica ^*

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g ANAFAE   (Honduras)

Author keywords

Conservation practices; Econometrics; Hillsides; Honduras; Income earning strategies; Logit; Poverty; Probit; Public expenditure

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; FARMING SYSTEM; INCOME; RURAL ECONOMY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; HONDURAS;

EID: 31444452821     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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