Trees, people, food and soil: A case study of participatory development in Malawi

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 221-227

  Park, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Fuelwood; Indigenous trees; Participatory development; Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA); Refugee affected areas

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FORESTRY EXTENSION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISAL; TREE PLANTING;

MALAWI;

EID: 0030617802     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc73221-2     Document Type: Article

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