Dacryodes edulis, a neglected non-timber forest species for the agroforestry systems of west and central africa

Forests Trees and Livelihoods

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 41-55

  Sonwa, D J ^a,b   Okafor, J C ^c   Buyungu, P Mpungi ^d   Weise, S F ^a   Tchatat, M ^e   Adesina, A A ^f   Nkongmeneck, A B ^b   Ndoye, O ^g   Endamana, D ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c Agro gamma Industrie sarl ^*  (Nigeria)

^d Agro gamma Industrie sarl   (Côte d’Ivoire)

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

^f ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^g CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Dacryodes edulis; Fruit tree; Indigenous management; NTFP; Safou; Small scale oil processing; West and Central Africa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGROFORESTRY; FRUIT; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT;

AFRICA;

EID: 0036291320     PISSN: 14728028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14728028.2002.9752409     Document Type: Article

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