Understanding and modelling the ambiguous impact of off-farm income on tropical deforestation
| Autor: | Thomas Knoke, Elizabeth Gosling, Esther Reith |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Land Use Science, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 658-676 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1747423X 1747-4248 1747-423X |
| DOI: | 10.1080/1747423X.2022.2146220 |
| Popis: | ABSTRACTFew land-allocation models consider the impact of off-farm income on tropical deforestation. We provide a concept to integrate off-farm income in a mechanistic multiple-objective land-allocation model, while distinguishing between farms with and without re-allocation of on-farm labor to obtain off-farm income. On farms with re-allocation of labor we found that off-farm income reduced farmers’ financial dependency on deforestation-related agricultural income leading to less tropical deforestation. The influence of off-farm income covered two aspects: availability of additional income and re-allocation of on-farm labor to off-farm activities. The labor effect tended to reduce deforestation slightly more than the income effect. On farms without re-allocation of on-farm labor we showed how farmers can use off-farm income to purchase additional labor to accelerate deforestation. Our study highlights the importance of considering off-farm income in land-use models to better understand, model and possibly curb tropical deforestation. |
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