Despite the local and global importance of forests, deforestation driven by various socio-economic and biophysical factors continues in many countries.

The institution of slavery is found mostly at intermediate stages of agricultural development, and less often among hunter-gatherers and advanced agrarian societies.

According to the most recent AgLetter, Seventh District farmland values in the third quarter of 2013 were 14 percent higher than a year ago. However, values for “good” agricultural land in the third quarter of 2013 were only 1 percent higher than in the second quarter.

Rural Development - Rural Land Policies for Poverty Reduction Environmental Economics and Policies Communities and Human Settlements - Land Use and Policies Rural Development - Forestry Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems Environment Agriculture

Based on a survey of 48 communities in central Honduras, this paper identifies the major pathways of development that have been occurring in central Honduras since the mid-1970s, their causes and implications for agricultural productivity, natural resource sustainability, and poverty.