Castro, L.M. (2017): <b>Economic approaches to sustainable land use in Ecuador - Compensation payments and diversification on areas of profitable intensive farming</b> Institute of Forest Management, Technische Universität München, <i>phd thesis</i>
Resource Description
Title:
Economic approaches to sustainable land use in Ecuador - Compensation payments and diversification on areas of profitable intensive farming
FOR816dw ID:
1695
Publication Date:
2017-07-24
License and Usage Rights:
PAK 823-825 data user agreement. (www.tropicalmountainforest.org/dataagreementp3.do)
Resource Owner(s):
Individual:
Luz Maria Castro
Contact:
email:
luces_c <at> yahoo.es
Ecuador
Abstract:
Economic approaches based on the probabilistic framework were applied to support land use management in Ecuador. Compensations to prevent further land conversion resulted lower when a concave utility function was used. Diversification applied to risky conventional farming showed that sustainable options are suited for portfolios if correlation between returns is kept low; in every case at least two options constituted the optimal combinations. Thus, despite limitations of bio-economic models, they constitute a reliable tool for normative orientations at the farm level.
Additional Infos:
Dissertation
Keywords:
| land use | agriculture | Economics | socio-economic modelling |
Literature type specific fields:
THESIS
Degree:
phd
Degree Institution:
Institute of Forest Management, Technische Universität München
Total Pages:
145
Metadata Provider:
Individual:
Carola Paul
Contact:
email:
carola.paul <at> tum.de
Center of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan
Institute of Forest Management
Technische Universität München
Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2
85354 Freising
Germany
