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Knoke, T.; Gosling, E. &amp; Reith, E. (2022): <b>Understanding and modelling the ambiguous impact of off-farm income on tropical deforestation</b>. <i>Journal of Land Use Science</i> <b>17</b>, 1-20.

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Title: Understanding and modelling the ambiguous impact of off-farm income on tropical deforestation
FOR816dw ID: 1971
Publication Date: 2022-11-16
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Individual: Thomas Knoke
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Individual: Elizabeth Gosling
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Individual: Esther Reith
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Few land-allocation models consider the impact of off-farm income on<br/> tropical deforestation. We provide a concept to integrate off-farm income<br/> in a mechanistic multiple-objective land-allocation model, while distinguishing<br/> between farms with and without re-allocation of on-farm labor<br/> to obtain off-farm income. On farms with re-allocation of labor we found<br/> that off-farm income reduced farmers’ financial dependency on deforestation-<br/> related agricultural income leading to less tropical deforestation.<br/> The influence of off-farm income covered two aspects: availability of<br/> additional income and re-allocation of on-farm labor to off-farm activities.<br/> The labor effect tended to reduce deforestation slightly more than the<br/> income effect. On farms without re-allocation of on-farm labor we showed<br/> how farmers can use off-farm income to purchase additional labor to<br/> accelerate deforestation. Our study highlights the importance of considering<br/> off-farm income in land-use models to better understand, model<br/> and possibly curb tropical deforestation.
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| land use change |
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Journal: Journal of Land Use Science
Volume: 17
Page Range: 1-20
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
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Individual: Thomas Knoke
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