Domesticating indigenous fruit trees as a contribution to poverty reduction

Forests Trees and Livelihoods

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-51

  Schreckenberg, K ^a   Awono, A ^b   Degrande, A ^c   Mbosso, C ^c   Ndoye, O ^b   Tchoundjeu, Z ^c  

^a OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for International Forestry Research   (Cameroon)

^c World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Dacryodes edulis; Environmental sustainability; Gender; Health; Income generation; Lrvingia gabonensis; Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); Participatory domestication; Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs)

Indexed keywords

DOMESTICATION; INCOME; NATIVE SPECIES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CITRUS; DACRYODES EDULIS; IRVINGIA GABONENSIS; MANGIFERA INDICA; PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 33644667734     PISSN: 14728028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14728028.2006.9752544     Document Type: Article

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