State of urban nurseries in Bangladesh: A case study from the North-Eastern Region

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 275-283

  Ahmed, Romel ^a   Hasan, Md Sorif ^a   Halim, Md Abdul ^a   Alam, Mahbubul ^a,b  

^a SHAHJALAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Homestead forest; Impediments; Permanent and temporary workers; Seedling production; Sylhet town

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; NURSERY GROUND; PROFITABILITY; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SILVICULTURE; SKILLED LABOR; URBAN AREA; WAGE;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SYLHET;

ACACIA; ACACIA MANGIUM; COCOS NUCIFERA; LITCHI CHINENSIS; MANGIFERA INDICA; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA; TECTONA GRANDIS;

EID: 50649097225     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-008-9062-2     Document Type: Article

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