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Rapid Rural Appraisal in Humid Tropical Forests: An Asset Possession-Based Approach and Validation Methods for Wealth Assessment Among Forest Peasant Households
Takasaki, Yoshito; Barham, Bradford L.; Coomes, Oliver T. - In: World Development 28 (2000) 11, pp. 1961-1977
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005383195
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Targeting conservation-development initiatives in tropical forests: insights from analyses of rain forest use and economic reliance among Amazonian peasants
Coomes, Oliver T.; Barham, Bradford L.; Takasaki, Yoshito - In: Ecological Economics 51 (2004) 1-2, pp. 47-64
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Receptiveness to advice, cognitive ability, and technology adoption
Barham, Bradford L.; Chavas, Jean-Paul; Fitz, Dylan; … - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 149 (2018), pp. 239-268
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The role of extension in dynamic economic adjustments : the case of Irish dairy farms
Läpple, Doris; Barham, Bradford L.; Chavas, Jean-Paul - In: European review of agricultural economics 47 (2020) 1, pp. 71-94
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The roles of risk and ambiguity in technology adoption
Barham, Bradford L.; Chavas, Jean-Paul; Fitz, Dylan; … - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 97 (2014) C, pp. 204-218
We study the impacts of risk and ambiguity aversion on the adoption of new technologies, specifically genetically modified (GM) corn and soy seeds. We conduct experiments measuring risk and ambiguity aversion with Midwestern grain farmers. Risk aversion has only a small impact on the timing of...
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Farmer seed networks make a limited contribution to agriculture? : Four common misconceptions
McKey, Doyle; Demeulenaere, Elise; Jarvis, Devra I.; … - In: Food policy : economics planning and politics of food … 56 (2015), pp. 41-50
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What drives clearing of old-growth forest over secondary forests in tropical shifting cultivation systems? : evidence from the Peruvian Amazon
Coomes, Oliver T.; Cheng, Yuanyu; Takasaki, Yoshito; … - In: Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of … 189 (2021), pp. 1-11
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Environmental and market determinants of economic orientation among rain forest communities : evidence from a large-scale survey in western Amazonia
Coomes, Oliver T.; Takasaki, Yoshito; Abizaid, Christian; … - In: Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of … 129 (2016), pp. 260-271
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State credit programs and the peasantry under populist regimes: Lessons from the APRA experience in the Peruvian Amazon
Coomes, Oliver T. - In: World Development 24 (1996) 8, pp. 1333-1346
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The fate of the tropical forest: Carbon or cattle?
Coomes, Oliver T.; Grimard, Franque; Potvin, Catherin; … - In: Ecological Economics 65 (2008) 2, pp. 207-212
Small-scale afforestation/reforestation projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol will sequester atmospheric carbon and facilitate carbon trading but they face significant implementation challenges among the rural poor households and communities that are meant to...
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