An agent-based model of agricultural innovation, land-cover change and household inequality: the transition from swidden cultivation to rubber plantations in Laos PDR
Summary. This paper models how smallholder farmers in northern Laos transitioned from shifting cultivation to rubber plantations. Using agent-based modeling fitted to historical land-cover data and household interviews, the researchers found that rubber adoption increased household inequality over time. The model explains both the timing of adoption decisions and the widening wealth gaps that resulted from unequal uptake of the new crop.
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Evans, T., Phanvilay, K., Fox, J., & Vogler, J.. (2011). An agent-based model of agricultural innovation, land-cover change and household inequality: the transition from swidden cultivation to rubber plantations in Laos PDR. Journal of Land Use Science. https://doi.org/10.1080/1747423x.2011.558602
Evans, Tom, et al. “An agent-based model of agricultural innovation, land-cover change and household inequality: the transition from swidden cultivation to rubber plantations in Laos PDR.” Journal of Land Use Science, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1080/1747423x.2011.558602.
Evans, Tom, Khamla Phanvilay, Jefferson Fox, and John Vogler. 2011. “An agent-based model of agricultural innovation, land-cover change and household inequality: the transition from swidden cultivation to rubber plantations in Laos PDR.” Journal of Land Use Science. https://doi.org/10.1080/1747423x.2011.558602.
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- 10.1080/1747423x.2011.558602
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- Laos
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- agtech, climate-and-environment
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- 2026-04-28