The cultivation of CAMU CAMU (Myrciaria Dubia): A tree planting programme in the Peruvian Amazon

Forests Trees and Livelihoods

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-101

  Penn, James W ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestication; Extension and adoption services; Floodplain agroforestry; Native fruits; Planting stock; Rural livelihoods

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGROFORESTRY; DOMESTICATION; FLOODPLAIN;

AMAZONAS [PERU]; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

MYRCIARIA DUBIA;

EID: 33644696444     PISSN: 14728028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14728028.2006.9752547     Document Type: Article

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