Impacts of innovative forestry land use on rural livelihood in a bimodal agricultural system in irrigated drylands

Land Use Policy

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 95-106

  Djanibekov, Utkur ^a   Djanibekov, Nodir ^a,b   Khamzina, Asia ^a   Bhaduri, Anik ^c   Lamers, John P A ^a   Berg, Ernst ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural contracts; Dynamic farm household model; Forest carbon project; Marginal croplands; Short rotation forestry; Sustainable rural development

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; FARMING SYSTEM; INNOVATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LAND USE PLANNING; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL SOCIETY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER AVAILABILITY;

AMU DARYA RIVER;

EID: 84879316563     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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