Valuing cattle on mixed smallholdings in the Eastern Amazon

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 857-867

  Siegmund Schultze, M ^a,b   Rischkowsky, B ^b,c   da Veiga, J B ^d   King, J M ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^d EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

^e NONE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

AMOEBA approach; Cattle; Eastern Amazon; Mixed smallholdings; Multi functional valuation

Indexed keywords

CASSAVA; CATTLE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT LOSS; REGIONAL PLANNING; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE USE; SMALLHOLDER; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

AMAZONIA;

BOS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; PIPER NIGRUM;

EID: 74549136781     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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