Understanding and modelling the ambiguous impact of off-farm income on tropical deforestation
ABSTRACTFew land-allocation models consider the impact of off-farm income on tropical deforestation. We provide a concept to integrate off-farm income in a mechanistic multiple-objective land-allocation model, while distinguishing between farms with and without re-allocation of on-farm labor to obta...
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| description | ABSTRACTFew land-allocation models consider the impact of off-farm income on tropical deforestation. We provide a concept to integrate off-farm income in a mechanistic multiple-objective land-allocation model, while distinguishing between farms with and without re-allocation of on-farm labor to obtain off-farm income. On farms with re-allocation of labor we found that off-farm income reduced farmers’ financial dependency on deforestation-related agricultural income leading to less tropical deforestation. The influence of off-farm income covered two aspects: availability of additional income and re-allocation of on-farm labor to off-farm activities. The labor effect tended to reduce deforestation slightly more than the income effect. On farms without re-allocation of on-farm labor we showed how farmers can use off-farm income to purchase additional labor to accelerate deforestation. Our study highlights the importance of considering off-farm income in land-use models to better understand, model and possibly curb tropical deforestation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a466491565974e988d485086824cc1392024-03-25T18:27:59ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Land Use Science1747-423X1747-42482022-01-0117165867610.1080/1747423X.2022.2146220Understanding and modelling the ambiguous impact of off-farm income on tropical deforestationThomas Knoke0Elizabeth Gosling1Esther Reith2TUM School of Life Sciences, Department of Life Science Systems, Technical University of Munich, Freising, GermanyTUM School of Life Sciences, Department of Life Science Systems, Technical University of Munich, Freising, GermanyTUM School of Life Sciences, Department of Life Science Systems, Technical University of Munich, Freising, GermanyABSTRACTFew land-allocation models consider the impact of off-farm income on tropical deforestation. We provide a concept to integrate off-farm income in a mechanistic multiple-objective land-allocation model, while distinguishing between farms with and without re-allocation of on-farm labor to obtain off-farm income. On farms with re-allocation of labor we found that off-farm income reduced farmers’ financial dependency on deforestation-related agricultural income leading to less tropical deforestation. The influence of off-farm income covered two aspects: availability of additional income and re-allocation of on-farm labor to off-farm activities. The labor effect tended to reduce deforestation slightly more than the income effect. On farms without re-allocation of on-farm labor we showed how farmers can use off-farm income to purchase additional labor to accelerate deforestation. Our study highlights the importance of considering off-farm income in land-use models to better understand, model and possibly curb tropical deforestation.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/1747423X.2022.2146220Smallholder farmsland allocationmultiple objective optimizationrobust optimization |
| spellingShingle | Thomas Knoke Elizabeth Gosling Esther Reith Understanding and modelling the ambiguous impact of off-farm income on tropical deforestation Journal of Land Use Science Smallholder farms land allocation multiple objective optimization robust optimization |
| title | Understanding and modelling the ambiguous impact of off-farm income on tropical deforestation |
| title_full | Understanding and modelling the ambiguous impact of off-farm income on tropical deforestation |
| title_fullStr | Understanding and modelling the ambiguous impact of off-farm income on tropical deforestation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding and modelling the ambiguous impact of off-farm income on tropical deforestation |
| title_short | Understanding and modelling the ambiguous impact of off-farm income on tropical deforestation |
| title_sort | understanding and modelling the ambiguous impact of off farm income on tropical deforestation |
| topic | Smallholder farms land allocation multiple objective optimization robust optimization |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/1747423X.2022.2146220 |
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