RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Land Use Impacts of Agricultural Intensification and Fuelwood Taxation in Uganda
JF Land Economics
JO Land Econ
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 241
OP 249
DO 10.2307/3147092
VO 77
IS 2
A1 Bashaasha, Bernard
A1 Kraybill, David S.
A1 Southgate, Douglas D.
A1 Barbier, Edward B.
A1 Burgess, Joanne C.
YR 2001
UL http://le.uwpress.org/content/77/2/241.abstract
AB The market and land-use impacts of agricultural intensification and fuelwood taxation in Uganda have been estimated using a computable general equilibrium model. Across-the-board yield growth causes total agricultural output to rise and commodity prices to fall. Forest area increases, as does land planted to cash crops. But other uses of rural natural resources decline, including the area planted to food crops. Taxing raw material inputs to fuelwood production leads to an increase in price and a decrease in consumption and production. However, forest area does not expand. Instead, it contracts a little. (JEL Q11, Q23)