Biophysical and economic tradeoffs of intercropping timber with food crops in the Philippine uplands

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 49-69

  Nissen, T M ^a,d   Midmore, D J ^b   Keeler, A G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Bioeconomic modeling; Cost benefit analysis; Economics; Paraserianthes falcataria; Timber intercropping

Indexed keywords

CROPPING PRACTICE; FOOD PRODUCTION; INTERCROPPING; UPLAND REGION;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 0035142295     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(00)00049-4     Document Type: Article

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