Uses, management and economic potential of Irvingia gabonensis in the humid lowlands of Cameroon

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-9

  Ayuk, Elias T ^a   Duguma, Bahiru ^b   Franzel, Steve ^a   Kengue, Joseph ^b   Mollet, Matthias ^b   Tiki Manga, Theophile ^b   Zenkeng, Pauline ^b  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Domestication; Economic potential; Humid lowlands of Cameroon; Improvement objectives; Irvingia gabonensis; Non timber forest products

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; TREE;

CAMEROON;

IRVINGIA; IRVINGIA GABONENSIS; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 0033521518     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00323-5     Document Type: Article

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