Farmers' perspectives on the role of shade trees in coffee production systems: An assessment from the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica

Human Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 443-463

  Albertin, Andrea ^a   Nair, P K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Fruit trees; Shade grown coffee; Shaded perennial system

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; COFFEE; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FARMING SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE; SHADING; TREE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; NICOYA PENINSULA;

EID: 4744339833     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HUEC.0000043515.84334.76     Document Type: Article

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