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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Main Authors: Arrocha,Fernando, Villena,Mauricio G
Language:English
Published: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal 2012
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-16202012000300009
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