Abstract
In this paper we first construct a theoretical model of land use by swidden cultivators when these cultivators can choose whether to grow a cash crop or a food/subsistence crop. Second, we study the land quality accumulation decision faced by shifting cultivators and, in the process, we show how to compute the optimal length of time during which cleared land is to be left fallow. Finally, we investigate the implications that the optimal land quality accumulation decision has for the relative price of the food crop in particular and slash and burn agriculture in general.
Publication Date
2003
Document Type
Article
Department, Program, or Center
Department of Economics (CLA)
Recommended Citation
Batabyal, A.A., Lee, D.M. 2003. Aspects of Land Use in Slash and Burn Agriculture. Applied Economics Letters, 10, 821-824. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350485032000148259
Campus
RIT – Main Campus
Comments
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Applied Economics Letters in 2003, published online on 04 June 2010, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1350485032000148259
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