Aguilar-Støen Mariel, Angelsen Arild, Moe Stein R
Lat Am Res Rev. 2011;46(1):194-216. doi: 10.1353/lar.2011.0002.
Declining profitability of agriculture and/or higher prices of forest products and services typically drive an increase in forest cover. This article examines changes in forest cover in Candelaria Loxicha, Mexico. Forest cover increased in the area as a result of coffee cultivation in coffee forest-garden systems. Dependence on forest products and services, and not prices of forest products, drive the process in our study site. Low international coffee prices and high labor demand outside the community might pull farmers out of agriculture, but they do not completely abandon the lands. A diversification in income sources prevents land abandonment and contributes to maintaining rural populations and coffee forest gardens.
农业盈利能力下降和/或林产品及服务价格上涨通常会推动森林覆盖面积增加。本文研究了墨西哥坎德拉里亚·洛希查的森林覆盖变化情况。由于在咖啡林园系统中种植咖啡，该地区的森林覆盖面积有所增加。在我们的研究地点，对林产品和服务的依赖而非林产品价格推动了这一进程。国际咖啡价格低迷以及社区外对劳动力的高需求可能会使农民放弃农业，但他们并未完全弃耕土地。收入来源的多样化可防止土地被弃耕，并有助于维持农村人口和咖啡林园。
