Modeling farm households for estimating the efficiency of policy instruments on sustainable land use in Haiti

Dolisca, Frito; McDaniel, Joshua M.; Shannon, Dennis A.; Jolly, Curtis M.

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2008.01.007

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“…Agriculture constitutes the main source of livelihood in Haiti. Around 70% of the population depend on this sector, consisting mostly of small-scale subsistence farming (Dolisca et al, 2008). With a fast growing population, expanding from 670 inhabitants per km 2 in 1987 to over 961 in 2013, the demand for arable land has been rapidly increasing at the expense of forests and other areas of native vegetation.…”

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Adapting the Caesium-137 technique to document soil redistribution rates associated with traditional cultivation practices in Haiti

Velasco

Astorga

Joseph

et al. 2018

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

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Adapting the Caesium-137 technique to document soil redistribution rates associated with traditional cultivation practices in Haiti

Velasco

Astorga

Joseph

et al. 2018

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

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“…External stimuli have promoted the self-regulation and self-adjustment of the land use consciousness of rural household (Dolisca et al, 2009). At the same time, the change in their land use consciousness has brought about land use changes in rural areas, since it is this consciousness that determines the choice of land utilization practices employed by rural households (Adhikari et al, 2004).…”

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Differentiation of rural households’ consciousness in land use activities: A case from Bailin Village, Shapingba District of Chongqing Municipality, China

Wang

Fu-xia

et al. 2014

Chin. Geogr. Sci.

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What rural households think and what kind of strategies they take, the basic driving force in land use activities, contribute greatly to the increase of their own revenues, the development of agricultural yields, and even the prosperity of rural areas. Differentiation in rural household behaviors and their consciousness in land use activities is widespread in rural China nowadays. It is important to understand the changing characteristics and laws of land use behaviors of rural households driven by their consciousness, so as to regulate their land use activities. In most empirical studies of land use change at rural household level, the land use consciousness, which acts directly on land use behaviors, is often neglected. In our research, the changes of land use behaviors of rural households are analyzed, through identifying how the land use consciousness affect the land use objectives, land management scales and land inputs of all the rural households in Bailin Village of Chongqing Municipality in the western mountainous China. Also, how the land use consciousness of different rural households comes into being under external stimuli is examined and the self-adjustment process of their consciousness according to their own conditions is also discussed. Finally, broad policy instruments are suggested to promote the rationalization of rural households′ land use consciousness and the standardization of their land use behaviors.

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“…Furthermore, Haiti experienced a decline in GDP growth, attributable to negative growth in the agricultural sector. This is particularly critical since agriculture remains the mainstay of the Haitian people’s livelihoods (Dolisca et al 2008). Sixty-seven percent of the population relies primarily on agriculture for income, and daily food insecurity affects 40% of Haitian households (World Food Program 2008).…”

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“…Demographic pressures and rising food demand heightened forest clearing across Haiti both for food subsistence crops such as cassava, potatoes and cabbage, and to establish cash crops such as cotton and sugar (Dolsica et al 2008). In addition, rural farmers have historically been unable to engage technological advances due to lack of rural infrastructure, including extension programs and credit facilities (Dolsica et al 2008). This has resulted in further extensification and deforestation as additional land is required for production.…”

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Environmental Change, Risky Sexual Behavior, and the HIV/AIDS Pandemic: Linkages Through Livelihoods in Rural Haiti

Hunter

Reid-Hresko

Dickinson

2011

Popul Res Policy Rev

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Local natural resources are central to rural livelihoods across much of the developing world. Such “natural capital” represents one of several types of assets available to households as they craft livelihood strategies. In order to explore the potential for environmental scarcity and change to contribute to perpetuation of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, we examine the association between declining natural capital and engaging in risky sexual behaviors, as potentially another livelihood strategy. Such association has been demonstrated in Kenya and Tanzania, through the fish-for-sex trade. To explore the possibility of this connection within rural Haitian livelihoods we use Demographic and Health Survey data, with a focus on rural women, combined with vegetation measures generated from satellite imagery. We find that lack of condom use in recent sexual encounters is associated with local environmental scarcity – controlling for respondent age, education, religion and knowledge of AIDS preventive measures. The results suggest that explicit consideration of the environmental dimensions of HIV/AIDS may be of relevance in scholarship examining factors shaping the pandemic.

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Modeling farm households for estimating the efficiency of policy instruments on sustainable land use in Haiti

Cited by 10 publications

References 17 publications

Adapting the Caesium-137 technique to document soil redistribution rates associated with traditional cultivation practices in Haiti

Adapting the Caesium-137 technique to document soil redistribution rates associated with traditional cultivation practices in Haiti

Differentiation of rural households’ consciousness in land use activities: A case from Bailin Village, Shapingba District of Chongqing Municipality, China

Environmental Change, Risky Sexual Behavior, and the HIV/AIDS Pandemic: Linkages Through Livelihoods in Rural Haiti

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