Evaluating the long-term impacts of promoting "green" agriculture in the Amazon

Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 46, Issue , 2015, Pages 83-102

  Sills, Erin O ^a   Caviglia Harris, Jill L ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Brazilian Amazon; Diversification; Genetic matching; Impact evaluation; Productive conservation; Tropical deforestation

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GREEN REVOLUTION; LAND USE CHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; RONDONIA;

NIA;

EID: 84954372639     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/agec.12200     Document Type: Article

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