Intensive plantation cropping a source of sustainable food and energy production in the tropical rain forest areas in southeast Asia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-102

  Härdter, Rolf ^a   Chow, Woo Yin ^b   Hock, Ooi Soo ^b  

^a Kali und Salz GmbH   (Germany)

^b Bangunan Camay ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Intensive cropping; Oil palm; Rainforest soils; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

FOREST CLEARANCE; OIL PALM; PLANTATION CULTIVATION; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; TROPICS;

ASIA, (SOUTHEAST);

ELAEIS;

EID: 0030619337     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03880-7     Document Type: Article

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