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The economics of agriculture in developing countries: The role of the environment

In: Handbook of Agricultural Economics

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  • Lopez, Ramon

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This chapter is concerned with agricultural supply responses in developing countries. Its main emphasis is in explicitly considering the dynamics of the natural resource base (e.g., soil quality, water, etc.) of agriculture as well as the endogenous evolution of rural environmental institutions (e.g., property rights) that may impinge upon agricultural productivity over the long run. The endogenous nature of the natural resource and institutional dynamics is particularly relevant for poor tropical areas where the agricultural and natural resource base is fragile and the rural institutions are both heterogeneous and in process of change. Under those conditions certain government policies can easily have unexpected adverse effects on agricultural productivity and farmers' income.

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  • Lopez, Ramon, 2002. "The economics of agriculture in developing countries: The role of the environment," Handbook of Agricultural Economics, in: B. L. Gardner & G. C. Rausser (ed.), Handbook of Agricultural Economics, edition 1, volume 2, chapter 22, pages 1213-1247, Elsevier.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hagchp:3-22
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    1. Brausmann, Alexandra & Bretschger, Lucas, 2018. "Economic development on a finite planet with stochastic soil degradation," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 108(C), pages 1-19.
    2. Bakari, Sayef, 2018. "The Impact Of Citrus Exports On Economic Growth: Empirical Analysis From Tunisia," International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics (IJFAEC), Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Department of Economics and Finance, vol. 6(1), January.
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    4. Sayef Bakari, 2017. "The Impact of Vegetables Exports on Economic Growth in Tunisia," Economic Research Guardian, Mutascu Publishing, vol. 7(2), pages 72-87, December.
    5. Chandan Singha, 2017. "Analysing Adoption of Soil Conservation Measures by Farmers in Darjeeling District, India," Working papers 275, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
    6. Chandan Singha, 2017. "Analyzing Adoption of soil Conservation Measures by Farmers in Darjeeling District, India," Working Papers id:12204, eSocialSciences.
    7. Lucas Bretschger & Alexandra Vinogradova, 2016. "Preservation of Agricultural Soils with Endogenous Stochastic Degradation," CER-ETH Economics working paper series 16/232, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) at ETH Zurich.
    8. Saleh, Jahangir, 2004. "Property rights institutions and investment," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3311, The World Bank.
    9. Singha, C., 2018. "Analysing adoption of soil conservation measures by farmers in Darjeeling district, India," 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia 277549, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    10. Singha, Chandan, 2021. "Marginal value of sub-watershed treatment on profit in Darjeeling district, India," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 101(C).

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    JEL classification:

    • Q00 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - General

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