Tree planting in Tigray, Ethiopia: The importance of human disease and water microdams

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 211-225

  Amacher, Gregory S ^a   Ersado, Lire ^b   Hyde, William F ^c   Osorio, Amy ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c CIFOR ^*

Author keywords

Forest Development; Health; Household economics; Selection model

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; DAM; IRRIGATION; MALARIA; TREE PLANTING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TIGRAY;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 3342959972     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AGFO.0000024411.22604.0a     Document Type: Article

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