The social and economic importance of dacryodes edulis (g.Don) H.J. Lam in southern cameroon

Forests Trees and Livelihoods

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 15-40

  Schreckenberg, K ^a   Degrande, A ^b   Mbosso, C ^b   Baboule, Boli ^c   Boyd, C ^a,d   Enyong, L ^c,e   Kanmegne, J ^c   Ngong, C ^f  

^a OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b West and Central Africa Regional Programme   (Cameroon)

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

^d Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^e Agricultural Research and Extension ^*  (Italy)

^f Agricultural Research and Extension (PNVRA)   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Dacryodes edulis; Extension; Indigenous fruit trees; NTFPs; Rural livelihoods; Safou

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; AGROFORESTRY; FRUIT; RURAL ECONOMY;

CAMEROON;

EID: 0036291019     PISSN: 14728028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14728028.2002.9752408     Document Type: Article

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