Economic incentives for abandoning or expanding gum arabic production in Sudan

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 36-47

  Rahim, Afaf H ^a   van Ierland, Ekko C ^a   Wesseler, Justus ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abandonment expansion; Deforestation; Gum arabic; Real options; Sudan

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGROFORESTRY SYSTEM; GUM FORESTS; PRICE POLICIES;

CLIMATOLOGY; CROPS; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

AGRONOMY;

AGRONOMY; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FARM CROPS; METEOROLOGY;

ACACIA SENEGAL;

EID: 36049039909     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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