Financing of wasteland afforestration in India

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 235-246

  Balooni, Kulbhushan ^a   Singh, Katar ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT KOZHIKODE   (India)

^b India Nat Rsrc Econ Mgmt Fdn   (India)

Author keywords

Afforestration; Credit disbursement to forestry sector; Institutional financing; National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development; Refinancing; Tree growers; Wasteland

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC POLICY;

WASTELANDS;

LAND USE;

AFFORESTATION; FINANCIAL PROVISION; RURAL FINANCE; WASTELAND;

INDIA;

EID: 0141682865     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1477-8947.00058     Document Type: Article

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