Non-Mist vegetative propagation by Resource-Poor, rural farmers of the forest zone of cameroon: Some technology adaptations to enhance practice

Forests Trees and Livelihoods

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-52

  Mbile, P ^a   Tchoundjeu, Z ^a   Degrande, A ^a   Avana, M ^a   Tsobeng, A C ^a  

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Author keywords

Dacryodes edulis; Technology adaptation; Tree domestication

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AGROFORESTRY; DOMESTICATION; PROPAGATION (HORTICULTURE); TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

DACRYODES EDULIS;

EID: 2042485516     PISSN: 14728028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14728028.2004.9752478     Document Type: Article

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