Not just minor forest products: The economic rationale for the consumption of wild food plants by subsistence farmers

Ecological Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-73

  Delang, Claudio O ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Karen; Non timber forest products; Protected areas; Thailand; Wild food plants

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FARMERS ATTITUDE; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; SUBSISTENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; KAYIN; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 33745922359     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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