An agent-based model of agricultural innovation, land-cover change and household inequality: The transition from Swidden cultivation to rubber plantations in Laos PDR

Tom P. Evans; Khamla Phanvilay; Jefferson Fox; John Vogler

doi:10.1080/1747423X.2011.558602

An agent-based model of agricultural innovation, land-cover change and household inequality: The transition from Swidden cultivation to rubber plantations in Laos PDR

Tom P. Evans, Khamla Phanvilay, Jefferson Fox, John Vogler

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This article examines the transition from shifting cultivation to rubber production for a study area in northern Laos PDR using an agent-based model of land-cover change. A primary objective of the model was to assess changes in household-level inequality with the transition from shifting cultivation to rubber adoption. A secondary objective was to develop explanations for the rate of rubber adoption in the study area. We fit the model to historical land-cover data and land use histories developed from household-level field interviews to reproduce the land use decisions of smallholders over time. The model results indicate an increase in household inequality over time as a function of the variable rate of rubber adoption over time.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	151-173
Number of pages	23
Journal	Journal of Land Use Science
Volume	6
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/1747423X.2011.558602
State	Published - Jun 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Agent-based model
Agricultural innovation
Forest transition
Inequality

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Geography, Planning and Development
Earth-Surface Processes
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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