Comparing the "Big Five": A framework for the sustainable management of indigenous fruit trees in the drylands of East and Central Africa

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 170-179

  Jama, B A ^a,b   Mohamed, A M ^c   Mulatya, J ^c   Njui, A N ^a  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

^c KENYA FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Conservation; Germplasm; Livelihood; Marketing; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; NUTRITION; VITAMINS;

AGROFORESTRY; DRYLANDS; FARMING SYSTEMS; GERMPLASM;

FRUITS;

AGROFORESTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRYLAND FARMING; FRUIT; GERMPLASM; INCOME; NATIVE SPECIES; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TREE;

CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; FRUITS; MARKETING; NUTRITION; VITAMINS;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ADANSONIA; ADANSONIA DIGITATA; MANGIFERA INDICA; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA; TAMARINDUS INDICA; ZIZIPHUS; ZIZIPHUS MAURITIANA;

EID: 36048941095     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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