Farmers indigenous practices for conserving Garcinia kola and Gnetum africanum in southern Cameroon

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 289-302

  Fondoun, J M ^a   Tiki Manga, T ^a  

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

Author keywords

Conservation; Humid forest zone; Native plants; Non timber forest products

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; NATURE CONSERVATION;

CAMEROON;

COLA; GARCINIA KOLA; GNETUM; GNETUM AFRICANUM; KOLA;

EID: 0342264377     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006393709637     Document Type: Article

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