Financial and economic suitability of agroforestry as an alternative to shifting cultivation: The case of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 29-50

  Rasul, Golam ^a   Thapa, Gopal B ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Bangladesh; Chittagong Hill Tracts; Economic analysis; Financial analysis; Shifting cultivation (jhum)

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC SYSTEM; EROSION CONTROL; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; LAND USE; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL EROSION;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; CHITTAGONG [BANGLADESH]; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33748593639     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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