A gilded trap in Dominican rice farming

Michael Cox, Frederick Payton and Leoncio Pimentel

Land Use Policy, 2019, vol. 80, issue C, 10-20

Abstract: The Dominican rice sector is highly industrialized, with substantial levels of inputs and mechanization used to maximize the production of a rice monocultures. These practices have negative environmental effects and leave the sector ecologically and economically vulnerable. In this paper we identify barriers to and opportunities for pro-environmental change in the Dominican rice sector by applying the lens of path dependence to several of data sources. These include roughly two hundred in-person, structured interviews that our team conducted with rice farmers in the northwestern Dominican province of Montecristi, as well as key informant interviews with government officials involved in the agricultural sector there.

Keywords: Path dependence; Dominican Republic; Rice farming; Agriculture; Gilded traps (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.09.007

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