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AUC Geographica (Acta Universitatis Carolinae Geographica) is a scholarly academic journal continuously published since 1966 that publishes research in the broadly defined field of geography: physical geography, geo-ecology, regional, social, political and economic geography, regional development, cartography, geoinformatics, demography and geo-demography.
AUC Geographica also publishes articles that contribute to advances in geographic theory and methodology and address the questions of regional, socio-economic and population policy-making in Czechia.
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Release dates: June 30, December 31
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Journal metrics 2023
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Impact factor (JCR®): 0.5
Journal Citation Indicator (JCI): 0.20
Rank (JCI): Q3 in Geography
Scopus
Cite Score: 1.2
Rank (ASJC): Q3 in Geography, Planning and Development; Q3 in General Earth and Planetary Sciences
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AUC GEOGRAPHICA, Vol 45 No 2 (2010), 31–40
Determinants of agricultural intensification and maize productivity in the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala
Amy M. Lerner, David López-Carr
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/23361980.2015.46
published online: 02. 06. 2019
abstract
Tropical deforestation is one of the world’s most pressing environmental issues. Some theorists, building on agricultural economist Esther Boserup’s work, propose that agricultural intensification through population growth curbs deforestation through limiting extensive forest cutting for agricultural purposes. Although various scholars have studied the drivers of tropical deforestation, few have examined the determinants of agricultural intensification, which plays key role in forest conservation. This paper uses household data collected in the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala, to uncover predictor variables associated with intensification in farmed plots. Maize productivity is statistically and positively related with several key variables including smaller farms, and a small percentage of overall land area in crops; the latter households dedicate more of their output to market sales instead of subsistence. These results challenge the applicability of Boserup’s theory to the tropical agricultural frontier but is consistent with theories of land and labor maximization.
keywords: Deforestation; intensification; land use; Guatemala; Petén
Determinants of agricultural intensification and maize productivity in the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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print price: 200 czk
ISSN: 0300-5402
E-ISSN: 2336-1980
