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Extractive non-timber forestry and agriculture in rural Vietnam

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Occasionally, households use forests as a source for collecting minor forest products. These goods can serve as an important additional source of income or nutrient supply. Considering this link between forest production and the agricultural sector, we estimate the collection function of the extractive good in a sample selection framework in which the wealth status, the prime agricultural cash source, and paid labour are assumed to influence the decision about collecting minor forest products. Results show that poorer households are more dependent on minor forest products. We also find that returns to labour in the agriculture and forestry sectors are not significantly different. We use these returns to establish shadow prices for the extractive good and in turn, use these to estimate price and income elasticities for the good's demand. The minor forest product is a normal good with unit elasticity; shadow income elasticity is equal to 0.82.

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  • Linde-Rahr, Martin, 2005. "Extractive non-timber forestry and agriculture in rural Vietnam," Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 10(3), pages 363-379, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:endeec:v:10:y:2005:i:03:p:363-379_00
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    1. Conor Carney & Ryan Abman, 2018. "Land rights, agricultural productivity, and deforestation in Vietnam," WIDER Working Paper Series 88, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    2. Ryan Abman & Conor Carney, 2018. "Land rights, agricultural productivity, and deforestation in Vietnam," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2018-88, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    3. Abman, Ryan & Carney, Conor, 2020. "Land rights, agricultural productivity, and deforestation," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    4. Martin Linde-Rahr, 2008. "Willingness to Pay for Forest Property Rights and the Value of Increased Property Rights Security," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 41(4), pages 465-478, December.

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