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Markets for agricultural products with special quality, environmental, and social attributes can provide a profitable outlet for poor farmers in developing countries. However, participation in high value markets requires that farmers commit to deliver pre-identified volumes on time and in the req...


Donovan, J.Stoian, D.Foundjem, D.Blare, T.[Service provision by agri-cooperatives engaged in high value markets]Service provision by agri-cooperatives engaged in high value markets
Bauhus, J.Pokorny, B.Meer, P. van derKanowski, P.J.Kanninen, M.[Ecosystem goods and services - the key for sustainable plantations]Ecosystem goods and services - the key for sustainable plantations
Roda, J.M.Mutamba, M.Campbell, Bruce M.Kowero, G.S.[Forests-based livelihoods and poverty reduction: paths from local to global development]Forests-based livelihoods and poverty reduction: paths from local to global development

Payments for environmental services (PES) are an increasingly used instrument both for financing and implementing conservation. The Costa Rican national PES scheme is often considered as a leading model in this regard. We find that improved targeting could substantially increase the efficiency of...


Engel, S.Wunscher, T.Wunder, Sven[Increasing the efficiency of conservation spending: the case of payments for environmental services in Costa Rica]Increasing the efficiency of conservation spending: the case of payments for environmental services in Costa Rica

This chapter describes the change in the institutional arrangements for property rights to the former collective forest lands and the sifts in oversight responsibility for these lands from central to regional and local governments. The data rely on national forest survey data and the authors' own...


Liu DachangEdmunds, D.[Devolution as a means of expanding local forest management in South China]Devolution as a means of expanding local forest management in South China

Nicol, AlanLangan, Simon J.Victor, MichaelGonsalves, Julian[Building resilience: Climate change impacts on freshwater resources and water-dependent services]Building resilience: Climate change impacts on freshwater resources and water-dependent services

Vernooy, RonnieShrestha, P.Sthapit, B.R.[Seeds to keep and seeds to share: the multiple roles of community seed banks]Seeds to keep and seeds to share: the multiple roles of community seed banks

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