Land rights, agricultural productivity, and deforestation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11929541 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ryan Abman (San Diego State University, corresponding author), Conor Carney (0000-0001-8578-5318, College of the Holy Cross) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 94 |
| Pages | 101841-101841 |
| Publication date | 2020-02-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Food Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-9192 • E-ISSN: 1873-5657 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.101841 |
| OpenAlex | W3005675098 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 35 |
This paper studies the relationship between land tenure for smallholder agriculture and deforestation. We combine high resolution satellite data on deforestation with rich household and commune-level, biannual panel data from Vietnam. We study two margins of tenure security, whether a household has any land title (extensive) and the share of a household’s land held in title (intensive). Using a household-fixed effects model, we find the increases in crop production and land investment associated with holding land title are driven by the intensive margin. We then aggregate the survey data to the commune-level and find evidence that marginal increases in extensive tenure (share of households with any land title) increase deforestation holding constant the average intensive tenure (average share of land held in tenure among those with land title). We find some evidence that increasing the intensive margin of tenure (holding constant the extensive tenure) decreases deforestation. These results present a more nuanced view of the tenure-deforestation relationship than is prevalent in the existing literature
Agricultural economics · Agricultural land · Agricultural productivity · Agriculture · Business · Deforestation (computer science · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Investment (military · Land tenure · Land titling · Land use · Margin (machine learning · Natural resource economics · Panel data · Political science · Productivity · Property rights · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Land Rights and Reforms · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |