Applying a bioeconomic optimal control model to charcoal production: the case of slash-and-burn agriculture in Mexico

This paper analyzes the relationship between rural poverty and forest land management for the case of charcoal production under slash-and-burn agriculture. An optimal control model is used to determine how a representative household makes decisions about the allocation of labor and about the forest...

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Autores principales:	Arrocha,Fernando, Villena,Mauricio G
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal 2012
Materias:	Charcoal production forest management rural poverty rural households
Acceso en línea:	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-16202012000300009
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-162020120003000092014-03-10Applying a bioeconomic optimal control model to charcoal production: the case of slash-and-burn agriculture in MexicoArrocha,FernandoVillena,Mauricio G Charcoal production forest management rural poverty rural households This paper analyzes the relationship between rural poverty and forest land management for the case of charcoal production under slash-and-burn agriculture. An optimal control model is used to determine how a representative household makes decisions about the allocation of labor and about the forest areas to exploit. In turn, these decisions affect the renewable resource base available to the community. The proposed optimal control model for charcoal production is based on the Pascual and Barbier (2007) model of slash-and-burn agriculture. This theoretical model is calibrated with data from the community of Chunkanán, Campeche, Mexico. The simulation and comparison of the traditional slash-and-burn approach to forest management with the Forest Management Program for the Exploitation of Timber Resources (FMPETR), developed by the regulatory authority as a policy for the use and conservation of forest resources, showed that the traditional approach, but not the FMPETR, is sustainable from an ecological point of view and efficient from an economic point of view, implying that households allocate an optimal amount of labor and forest biomass. This result suggests that the FMPETR is a suboptimal policy and shows that there is room for improvement in terms of the design and implementation of policies aimed at providing economic and social incentives leading to the sustainable management of natural resources.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería ForestalCiencia e investigación agraria v.39 n.3 20122012-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-16202012000300009en10.4067/S0718-16202012000300009
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spellingShingle	Charcoal production forest management rural poverty rural households Arrocha,Fernando Villena,Mauricio G Applying a bioeconomic optimal control model to charcoal production: the case of slash-and-burn agriculture in Mexico
description	This paper analyzes the relationship between rural poverty and forest land management for the case of charcoal production under slash-and-burn agriculture. An optimal control model is used to determine how a representative household makes decisions about the allocation of labor and about the forest areas to exploit. In turn, these decisions affect the renewable resource base available to the community. The proposed optimal control model for charcoal production is based on the Pascual and Barbier (2007) model of slash-and-burn agriculture. This theoretical model is calibrated with data from the community of Chunkanán, Campeche, Mexico. The simulation and comparison of the traditional slash-and-burn approach to forest management with the Forest Management Program for the Exploitation of Timber Resources (FMPETR), developed by the regulatory authority as a policy for the use and conservation of forest resources, showed that the traditional approach, but not the FMPETR, is sustainable from an ecological point of view and efficient from an economic point of view, implying that households allocate an optimal amount of labor and forest biomass. This result suggests that the FMPETR is a suboptimal policy and shows that there is room for improvement in terms of the design and implementation of policies aimed at providing economic and social incentives leading to the sustainable management of natural resources.
author	Arrocha,Fernando Villena,Mauricio G
author_facet	Arrocha,Fernando Villena,Mauricio G
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title	Applying a bioeconomic optimal control model to charcoal production: the case of slash-and-burn agriculture in Mexico
title_short	Applying a bioeconomic optimal control model to charcoal production: the case of slash-and-burn agriculture in Mexico
title_full	Applying a bioeconomic optimal control model to charcoal production: the case of slash-and-burn agriculture in Mexico
title_fullStr	Applying a bioeconomic optimal control model to charcoal production: the case of slash-and-burn agriculture in Mexico
title_full_unstemmed	Applying a bioeconomic optimal control model to charcoal production: the case of slash-and-burn agriculture in Mexico
title_sort	applying a bioeconomic optimal control model to charcoal production: the case of slash-and-burn agriculture in mexico
publisher	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal
publishDate	2012
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Applying a bioeconomic optimal control model to charcoal production: the case of slash-and-burn agriculture in Mexico

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