Rush for cash crops and forest protection: Neither land sparing nor land sharing

Land Use Policy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 182-192

  Vongvisouk, Thoumthone ^a,b   Broegaard, Rikke Brandt ^b   Mertz, Ole ^b   Thongmanivong, Sithong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cash crops; Land use change; Laos; Policy; REDD+; Shifting cultivation

Indexed keywords

CASH CROPPING; CONTRACT FARMING; CROP PRODUCTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; MAIZE; REFORESTATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL POLICY; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

LAOS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84962812136     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.04.001     Document Type: Article

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