VARIETY CHARACTERISTICS AND THE LAND ALLOCATION DECISIONS OF FARMERS IN A CENTER OF MAIZE DIVERSITY

There is emerging interest in the prospects for enhancing farmers' management of genetic resources as a complementary strategy to ex situ conservation. Using a framework that combines a characteristics model with the notion of impure public goods, we investigate farmers' incentives to grow the varieties identified as important genetic resources.

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Year of publication:	1998
Authors:	Smale, Melinda ; Bellon, Mauricio R. ; Aguirre, Alfonso
Institutions:	Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA
Subject:	Land Economics/Use \| Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series 1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT Number 20831
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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