Agricultural subsidies and forest clearing in Malawi

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 60-70

  Chibwana, Christopher ^a   Jumbe, Charles B L ^b   Shively, Gerald ^c,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Malawi)

^b LILONGWE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Malawi)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

agricultural intensification; extensification; farm input subsidies; forest clearing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; CASH CROPS; ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES; EXTENSIFICATION; FOOD CROPS; FOOD SECURITY; FOREST CLEARING; FOREST CONVERSION; FOREST COVER; FOREST LOSS; FOREST RESERVES; INDIRECT EFFECTS; REGRESSION MODEL; SURVEY DATA;

CROPS; FOOD SUPPLY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREAS;

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; FOOD SECURITY; FOREST CLEARANCE; FOREST COVER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MAIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; TOBACCO;

CHIMALIRO FOREST RESERVE; LIWONDE FOREST RESERVE; MALAWI;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84873393285     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892912000252     Document Type: Article

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