s:833:"%T Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn Agriculture Programme (ASB): working group on economic and social indicators: report on methods for the ASB best bet matrix %A Vosti, S.A. %A Witcover, J. %A Gockowski, J. %A Tomich, T.P. %A Carpentier, C.L. %A Faminow, M.D. %A Oliveira, S. %A Diaw, C. %X A technical workshop was convened in Rio Branco Acre Brazil over the period March 18th through March 25th 1997 in order to more clearly define the objectives of socioeconomic or social science and policy research associated with Phase II of the GEF-funded Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn Agriculture (ASB) research program and to discuss in detail the analytical methods and fieldwork required to meet these objectives both within and across the three ASB sites represented at the meeting — Brazil Indonesia and Cameroon. ";