Pruning of néré trees (Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) Benth.) on the farmlands of Burkina Faso, West Africa

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-98

  Timmer, L A ^a   Kessler, J J ^a   Slingerland, M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Indigenous knowledge; Parkland system; Sahel; Semiarid regions; Tree management

Indexed keywords

PARKIA BIGLOBOSA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; LAND DEGRADATION; NERE TREE; SILVICULTURAL PRACTICE; SILVICULTURAL PRACTICES; TREE MANAGEMENT;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 0029663697     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00122891     Document Type: Article

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