@article{Schelhas:127854,
      recid = {127854},
      author = {Schelhas, John W. and Lee, David R. and Thacher, Thomas},
      title = {FARMER PARTICIPATION IN REFORESTATION INCENTIVE PROGRAMS  IN COSTA RICA},
      address = {1997-07},
      number = {642-2016-44130},
      series = {WP 97-11},
      pages = {39},
      year = {1997},
      abstract = {Reforestation programs are a common policy response among  developing country governments in the tropics attempting to  deal with environmental and economic problems caused by  widespread deforestation. The objective of this paper is to  examine participation by small-and medium-sized farms in  two reforestation programs undertaken in recent years by  one country, Costa Rica, which has been at the forefront of  developing country environmental protection efforts.  Analysis of a survey of 243 program participants and  non-participants shows that farm households participating  in reforestation programs had generally larger farm sizes,  were dedicated to low labor-intensive, land-extensive  agricultural activities, faced significant family on-farm  labor constraints, were more heavily dependent on off-farm  income sources, and had more extensive contact with local  extension efforts. Logistic regression is employed to  econometrically identify demographic, economic, and land  use determinants of farm household participation in  reforestation programs; the implications of these findings  are analyzed. The limitations of reforestation programs,  especially with regard to management factors and quality of  reforested plots, are reviewed. Implications for improving  the efficiency of reforestation programs and the merits of  other policy alternatives are also discussed.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/127854},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.127854},
}