Using farmers' criteria to assess profitability of fodder shrubs in the desert margins of West Africa

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 670-679

  Hamer, Alrik G ^a   Franzel, S ^b   Mounkoro, B ^a  

^a Sahel Program   (Mali)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Desert margins; Fodder shrubs; Land degradation; Legumes

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTIVITY; PROFITABILITY;

AFRICA; FODDER SHRUBS; LAND DEGRADATION; LEGUMES;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

ARID REGION; DESERT; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FEEDING; FODDER; LAND DEGRADATION; LIVESTOCK; MORTALITY; PROFITABILITY; SHRUB;

AFRICA; MALI; SEGOU; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; DESMODIUM; ERINACEIDAE; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS ERINACEUS; PTEROCARPUS LUCENS;

EID: 37449025088     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.805     Document Type: Article

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