DO NATIONAL MARKETS AND PRICE POLICIES AFFECT LAND USE AT THE FOREST MARGIN? EVIDENCE FROM THE PHILIPPINES | Land Portal

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Date of publication: 
December 1999
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AGRIS:US2016202448

We examine linkages between national agricultural markets and the pattern of deforestation and agricultural development in an upland watershed. Growth in the watershed has been associated with deforestation as well as increasing evidence of agricultural land quality degradation, soil erosion and diminished watershed function. We ask to what extent forces external to the watershed and the local economy, and in particular market development and associated economic policies, might influence land use and resource management decisions. The evidence indicates that national markets -- and thus policies -- may play a much larger role in determining upland farmers' land allocation decisions than is commonly assumed in the design of upland "sustainable agriculture" projects and policies.

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Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

Coxhead, Ian A.
Rola, Agnes

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AgEcon Search

AgEcon Search: Research in Agricultural and Applied Economics collects, indexes, and electronically distributes full text copies of scholarly research in the broadly defined field of agricultural economics including sub disciplines such as agribusiness, food supply, natural resource economics, environmental economics, policy issues, agricultural trade, and economic development.


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