Farmers' perceptions of tree mortality, pests and pest management practices in agroforestry in Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 87-101

  Sileshi, Gudeta Weldesemayat ^a,b   Kuntashula, Elias ^c   Matakala, Patrick ^d   Nkunika, Philip O ^c  

^a CHITEDZE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION   (Malawi)

^b Post Dot Net   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^d WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Ethnoecology; Indigenous knowledge; Striga; Termites

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CROP PRODUCTION; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; MAIZE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MORTALITY; PERCEPTION; PEST CONTROL; SOIL QUALITY; TERMITE; WEED;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; STRIGA; STRIGA ASIATICA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 37549042022     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-007-9082-5     Document Type: Article

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