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Book Chapter 2001

Autor: Kaimowitz, D. Smith, J.

This paper looks at the impact of the introduction of new soybean technologies on the clearing of natural vegetation (forest and savanna) in southern Brazil, the Brazilian Cerrado, and Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The paper looks at how technological change interacted with other government policies and e...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18226

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Kaimowitz, D. ,  Smith, J. ,  [Soybean technology and the loss of natural vegetation in Brazil and Bolivia] ,  Soybean technology and the loss of natural vegetation in Brazil and Bolivia
Book Chapter 1999

Autor: Angelsen, A. Kaimowitz, D.

This paper addresses under what circumstances technological change in agriculture is likely to increase deforestation and when it will decrease it. It identifies four sets of variables that influence these outcomes: the type of technological change involved, the farmers' socio-economic profile, t...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18304

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Angelsen, A. ,  Kaimowitz, D. ,  [Can new technologies in agriculture save the forests?] ,  Can new technologies in agriculture save the forests?
Book Chapter 2001

Autor: Angelsen, A. Kaimowitz, D.

A widespread belief among development and forest researchers and practitioners holds that technological progress in tropical agriculture is good for forest conservation. Higher yield enables farmers to produce the same amount of food on less agricultural land. The alternative view suggests that p...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18466

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Angelsen, A. ,  Kaimowitz, D. ,  [Forest cover and agricultural technology] ,  Forest cover and agricultural technology
Book Chapter 2001

Autor: Angelsen, A. Soest, D.P. van Kaimowitz, D. Bulte, E.

This chapter spells out the theoretical framework for the discussion and case studies of the book. First, it provides precise definitions of technological change and classify technological change into different types based on their factor intensities. The discussion starts off with a single farm ...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18313

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Angelsen, A. ,  Soest, D.P. van ,  Kaimowitz, D. ,  Bulte, E. ,  [Technological change and deforestation: a theoretical overview] ,  Technological change and deforestation: a theoretical overview
Book Chapter 2001

Autor: Angelsen, A. Kaimowitz, D.

This chapter summarises the key insights from the case studies included in the book. First, it discusses the technology-deforestation link in six different types of cases: developed countries, commodity booms, shifting cultivation, permanent upland (rainfed) agriculture, irrigated (lowland) agric...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18312

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Angelsen, A. ,  Kaimowitz, D. ,  [Agricultural technology and forests: a recapitulation] ,  Agricultural technology and forests: a recapitulation
Book Chapter 2001

Autor: Angelsen, A. Kaimowitz, D.

This introductory chapter sets the scene for the discussion in the edited volume on how new agricultural affects tropical forests. It critically reviews four hypotheses that have been central in the claim that better technologies help protect forests: the Borlaug, the subsistence, the economic de...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18314

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Angelsen, A. ,  Kaimowitz, D. ,  [Introduction: the role of agricultural technologies in tropical deforestation] ,  Introduction: the role of agricultural technologies in tropical deforestation
Book Chapter 2001

Autor: Kaimowitz, D. Angelsen, A.

This final chapter of the book offers a set of policy recommendations. It presents some typical win-win outcomes, including technologies suited for forest poor areas, labour intensive technologies promoting intensification to replace land extensive farming practices, and promoting agricultural sy...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/18308

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Kaimowitz, D. ,  Angelsen, A. ,  [Policy recommendations] ,  Policy recommendations

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