A model of shifting cultivation: Can soil conservation reduce deforestation?

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 193-201

  Takasaki, Yoshito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Shifting cultivation; Soil conservation

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; DEFORESTATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33747043345     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2006.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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