Changing livelihoods on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: Challenges and opportunities in the Chagga homegarden system

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-167

  Soini, Eija ^a  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Land scarcity; Population growth; Small scale farming

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; HOME GARDEN; RURAL ECONOMY; SMALLHOLDER;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KILIMANJARO [KILIMANJARO (RGN)]; KILIMANJARO [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 18144418958     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-004-1023-y     Document Type: Article

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