Livelihood benefits from the local level commercialization of savanna resources: A case study of the new and expanding trade in marula (Sclerocarya birrea) beer in Bushbuckridge, South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 100, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 651-657

  Shackleton, Sheona ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; NATURAL RESOURCE; RURAL ECONOMY; SAVANNA;

AFRICA; BUSHBUCKRIDGE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

SCLEROCARYA; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA;

EID: 18244376937     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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