Does land degradation increase poverty in developing countries?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Barbier, Edward B ^a   Hochard, Jacob P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DEGRADATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; POPULATION MODEL; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; POVERTY;

EID: 84969944612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152973     Document Type: Article

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