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Modelling Farmers' Land Use Decision-Making after the 2004 Tsunami event: A case study from West Aceh, Sumatra, focusing on Annual &Tree-Crops-based Systems

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After the tsunami in 2004, farmers faced the following constraints influencing agricultural land use: ! Reduced agricultural land area due to biophysical Constraints (subsidence) and demand of land for relocation settlements inland. ! Devastated agricultural and marketing infrastructure such as irrigation, roads and transportation system ! Loss of part of the population and loss of knowledge about specific tasks in agriculture

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