A gender analysis of forest product markets in Cameroon

Africa Today

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 97-123

  Pérez, Manuel Ruiz ^a   Ndoye, Ousseynou ^b   Eyebe, Antoine ^b   Ngono, Danielle Lema ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Center for International Forestry Research CIFOR   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ROLE; TIMBER MARKET;

CAMEROON;

EID: 18544408663     PISSN: 00019887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2979/aft.2002.49.3.96     Document Type: Article

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