Economic incentives for farmers in the Philippine uplands to adopt hedgerow intercropping

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 83-100

  Nelson, R A ^a   Cramb, R A ^b  

^a Queensland Ctr for Climate Applic   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adoption; Cost benefit analysis; Hedgerows; Philippines; Soil erosion; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; HEDGEROW; INTERCROPPING; MAIZE; SOIL EROSION; UPLAND REGION;

AGRICULTURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PHILIPPINES; REVIEW; SOIL;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 0031783021     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.1998.0220     Document Type: Article

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