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After tropical forest, replantation of rubber trees and cocoa: Garden of eden or of chemical inputs?

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Smallholders in humid tropical zones have often preferred to extend their plantations by clearing primary or secondary tropical forest rather than attempt replanting. The two main advantages procured by tropical forest_low 'land rent' and substantial 'forest rent'- are verified in Indonesia and Cote d'Ivoire, in cocoa and rubber. The two rents logically tend to become reversed as the cycle proceeds.
    Publication year

    1999

    Authors

    Ruff F; Penot E; Yoddang

    Language

    English

    Keywords

    agroforestry, rubber, trees, tropical forests

    Geographic

    Côte d'Ivoire

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