State-led agricultural subsidies drive monoculture cultivar cashew expansion in northern Western Ghats, India

• Main Authors: Rege, Anushka, Lee, Janice Ser Huay
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::General; Typology; Cashew Farmers
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160511
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Agricultural commodity production constitutes an important livelihood source for farmers but significantly contributes to tropical deforestation and biodiversity loss. While the socioecological effects of agricultural commodities such as palm oil, cocoa and coffee are well studied, the effects for c...