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China's Sloping Land Conversion Program: A Village Level Analysis of Land Use, Environmental, and Economic Changes

dc.contributor.authorDavis, Dwight
dc.contributor.advisorMoore, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2006-06-28T13:35:15Z
dc.date.availableNO_RESTRICTIONen
dc.date.available2006-06-28T13:35:15Z
dc.date.issued2006-08-01
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/39211
dc.description.abstractABSTRACT. China’s Sloping Land Conversion Program seeks to improve both the environmental and economic conditions of rural farmers by paying them a cash and grain subsidy over a period of five to eight years. In exchange, farmers retire a portion of their agricultural land and plant a cover crop of trees or grasses to help prevent soil erosion. This paper evaluates the economic and environmental impact of the program four years after its first implementation. Results suggest the program was successfully targeted at poorer farmers on erosion-prone sloping farmland. There is also some evidence the program is improving farmer incomes and pushing more farmers into off-farm labor markets. However, the targeting of highly sloping farmland (greater than 25 degrees) could be improved.en
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dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.titleChina's Sloping Land Conversion Program: A Village Level Analysis of Land Use, Environmental, and Economic Changesen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.description.thesisdegreenameMaster of Science (MS)en_US
dc.description.thesisdegreedisciplineNatural Resources and Environmenten
dc.description.thesisdegreegrantorUniversity of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Environment
dc.contributor.committeememberPark, Albert
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelNatural Resources and Environment
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScience
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampusAnn Arbor
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/39211/1/dwightrdavis_snrethesis.pdfen_US
dc.owningcollnameEnvironment and Sustainability, School for (SEAS/SNRE)


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