Tree planting by small producers in the tropics: A comparative study of Brazil and Panama

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 89-105

  Simmons, Cynthia S ^a   Walker, Robert T ^b   Wood, Charles H ^c  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Land tenure; Panama; Reforestation; Small farmers; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LAND TENURE; SMALLHOLDER; TREE PLANTING;

BRAZIL; PANAMA;

EID: 0036944746     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021377231402     Document Type: Review

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