Environmental Economics Research

Natural Resource Management in Developing Countries

Bernet, T., O. Ortiz, R.D. Estrada, R. Quiroz and S. Swinton (forthcoming 2001). "Tailoring Agricultural Extension to Different Production Contexts: A User-Friendly Farm-Household Model to Improve Decision-Making for Participatory Research." Agricultural Systems.

Swinton, S.M. (forthcoming 2001). "More Avenues for Boosting Agricultural Productivity than Just Biotechnology." Environment and Development Economics.

Walker, T., S. Swinton, R. Hijmans, R. Quiroz, R. Valdivia, M. Holle, C. Leon-Velarde, and J. Posner 2000. "Technologies for Sustainable Development of the Tropical Andes." In J. Pender and P. Hazell, eds. Promoting Sustainable Development in Less-Favored Areas. 2020 Focus 4. International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC.

Swinton, S.M. and R. Quiroz 2000. "Are Poor Farmers to Blame for Environmental Degradation? Results from the Peruvian Altiplano." Paper presented at to the International Farming Systems Association annual meeting, Santiago, Chile, November 27-29, 2000.

Swinton, S.M. 2000. "More Social Capital, Less Erosion: Evidence from Peru's Altiplano." Selected paper for the annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Tampa, FL, July 30-Aug. 2, 2000.

Gebremedhin, B. and S.M. Swinton 2000. "Sustainable Management of Private and Communal Lands in Northern Ethiopia." Paper presented at international workshop on Understanding Adoption Processes for Natural Resource Management Practices for Sustainable Agricultural Production in Sub-Saharan Africa, International Centre for Research on Agroforestry (ICRAF), Nairobi, July 3-5, 2000.

Gebremedhin, B. and S.M. Swinton 2000. "Reconciling Food-for-Work Project Feasibility with Food Aid Targeting in Tigray, Ethiopia." Food Policy 26(1): 85-95.

Gebremedhin, B., and S.M. Swinton 1999. "Reconciling Food-for-Work Objectives: Resource Conservation versus Food Aid Targeting in Tigray, Ethiopia." Staff Paper 99-30, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

Gebremedhin, B., S. Swinton and Y. Tilahun 1999. "Effects of Stone Terraces on Crop Yields and Farm Profitability: Results of On-farm Research in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia." Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 54(3): 568-573.

Swinton, S.M., R.A. Quiroz, S. Paredes, J. R. Reinoso, and R. Valdivia (in press). "Using Farm Data to Validate Agro-ecological Zones in the Lake Titicaca Basin, Peru." Proceedings of the SAAD-III Symposium: Systems Approaches for Agricultural Development. CD-ROM. International Potato Center, Lima.

Last updated November 1, 2001