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Smallholder Wood Production and Population Pressure in East Africa: Evidence of an Environmental Kuznets Curve?

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  • Sandeep H. Patel
  • Thomas C. Pinckney
  • William K. Jaeger

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The incentives for growing fuelwood on small farms are examined using survey data from Kenya. The analysis finds that tree planting is a competitive activity and that farmers are responsive to incentives to plant trees. These incentives vary across households facing different factor availabilities and market opportunities. The existence of a persistent fuelwood "gap," and the notion that population pressure will lead to declining tree cover, are not supported by the analysis. A simulation model indicates that as land continues to be subdivided tree cover may actually rise, a result consistent with other evidence of an "environmental Kuznets curve."

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  • Sandeep H. Patel & Thomas C. Pinckney & William K. Jaeger, 1995. "Smallholder Wood Production and Population Pressure in East Africa: Evidence of an Environmental Kuznets Curve?," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 71(4), pages 516-530.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:landec:v:71:y:1995:i:4:p:516-530
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