Let the farmer decide: examining smallholder autonomy in large-scale land acquisitions with an agent-based model

Let the farmer decide: examining smallholder autonomy in large-scale land acquisitions with an agent-based model

Large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) can facilitate agricultural intensification in low- and middle-income countries, but they frequently dispossess smallholders of their land and thereby generate tradeoffs between market-oriented production and smallholder livelihoods. Given the global prevalence...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tim G Williams, Daniel G Brown, Arun Agrawal, Seth D Guikema
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2021-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
agent-based model
large-scale land acquisitions
contract farming
smallholder agriculture
food security
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac2933

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