Forest incomes and rural livelihoods in Chiradzulu District, Malawi

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 613-624

  Kamanga, Penjani ^a   Vedeld, Paul ^a   Sjaastad, Espen ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dependence; Distribution; Diversification; Forest income; Livelihoods; Poverty

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; INCOME; POVERTY;

AFRICA; CHIRADZULU; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 57049105126     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.08.018     Document Type: Article

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