Delivering on the promise of agroforestry

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 275-284

  Sanchez, Pedro A ^a  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Environmental protection; Food security; Improved fallows; Land use systems; Soil fertility; Sustainability; Tree tenure

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0006378597     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1010083007121     Document Type: Article

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