Rural household responses to fuelwood scarcity in Nyando District, Kenya

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 163-171

  Mahiri, I O ^a  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Fuel wood; Kenya; Rural households; Trees; Women

Indexed keywords

CROPS; FORESTRY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

FUELWOOD SCARCITY;

FUELS;

BIOMASS; COPING STRATEGY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; FUELWOOD; RURAL POPULATION; WOMENS STATUS;

KENYA;

EID: 0037281864     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.535     Document Type: Article

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