Exploring constraints and incentives for the adoption of agroforestry practices on degraded cropland in Uzbekistan

• Published in: Journal of environmental planning and management Vol. 59; no. 1; pp. 142 - 162
• Main Authors: Djalilov, Begzod M., Khamzina, Asia, Hornidge, Anna-Katharina, Lamers, John P. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 02.01.2016; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Afforestation; Agricultural land; Agroforestry; arid lands; Arid zones; Clean Development Mechanism; Constraint modelling; cropland; Decision analysis; Decision making; decision support systems; Decision trees; decision-making process; Documents; ecological restoration; Economics; ethnographic decision tree; Ethnography; ex ante analysis; ex ante assessment; Farmers; Farming; Farms; Forestry; Incentives; irrigated farming; issues and policy; Land tenure; Land titles; Land use; Legal documents; Perception; Perceptions; Plantations; Policies; Reforestation; Rehabilitation; Risk; Risk perception; Studies; surveys; Training; Uzbekistan; Webs (structural); Uzbekistan

Agroforestry is often an economically viable land-use option for the environmental rehabilitation of salinized cropping areas in irrigated drylands, but afforestation initiative at the farm level is subject to various socio-political constraints. We analyzed the factors that affect farmer decisions...