Land Acquisition and the Adoption of Soil and Water Conservation Techniques: A Duration Analysis for Kenya and The Philippines

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1240-1254

  Oostendorp, Remco H ^a,b,c   Zaal, Fred ^d,e  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agricultural investment; Duration analysis; Kenya; Land ownership; Soil and water conservation; The Philippines

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; INVESTMENT; LAND MARKET; LANDOWNERSHIP; POLICY MAKING; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL CONSERVATION;

KENYA; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84860333666     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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