Multipurpose trees as an improved fallow an economic assessment

Voices from the Forest: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Sustainable Upland Farming

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 389-402

  Grist, Peter ^a   Menz, Ken ^b   Nelson, Rohan ^c  

^a Forest Industries Branch   (Australia)

^b ACIAR   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 66549111874     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781936331840     Document Type: Chapter

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