Transitioning from wild collection to forest cultivation of indigenous medicinal forest plants in eastern North America is constrained by lack of profitability

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 437-453

  Burkhart, Eric P ^a   Jacobson, Michael G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial analysis; Forest farming; Medicinal plant conservation; Non timber forest products; Plant husbandry; Specialty forest products

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTIVATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; PROFITABILITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

HYDRASTIS; HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS; PANAX GINSENG; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS;

EID: 67349194663     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-008-9173-y     Document Type: Article

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