Towards Sustainable Land Use at the Agrarian Frontier in Nicaragua

Jan P. Groot

Chapter 5 in Agrarian Policies in Central America, 2000, pp 103-126 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter deals with settlements in the humid tropics. The question it raises is: what are the conditions for a transition to more productive and sustainable land use systems? What is the motivation for settlers to change technologies and to invest in recovering and maintaining soil fertility? What is their capacity to implement such strategies? The first sections refer to colonization in the Central American context and include a general treatment of the relevant issues. Afterwards, a case of the Nueva Guinea colonization area in Nicaragua is presented.

Keywords: Discount Rate; Soil Fertility; External Input; Land Abandonment; Sustainable Land (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1057/9780333982709_5

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