The domestication and commercialization of indigenous trees in agroforestry for the alleviation of poverty

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 165-176

  Leakey, R R B ^a   Simons, A J ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Fruit trees; Non timber forest products; Tree improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031462489     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005912729225     Document Type: Article

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