Natural Capital, Ecological Scarcity and Rural Poverty

access to markets agricultural development agricultural extension agricultural land agricultural practices agricultural production agricultural productivity agricultural products agricultural research agricultural systems biodiversity conservation carbon cash crops cash income common property crop production cropland deforestation diversification drought drylands ecology econometrics economic development economic growth economics environmental degradation environmental economics environmental protection equilibrium farm size farmers farming systems firewood fisheries fishing fodder food insecurity food production food security forestry household income human capital income generation insurance intensive agriculture irrigation land degradation land economics land management land use livelihood strategies mountainous areas national income natural capital natural disasters natural resources nonfarm income nutrition nutritional status opportunity costs population growth potable water poverty alleviation poverty reduction property rights resource management rural areas rural communities rural development rural employment rural poor rural population rural poverty savings soil erosion subsistence sustainable development targeting timber transaction costs wages