Factors affecting agroforestry sustainability in bee endemic parts of Southeastern Nigeria

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 132-154

  Okoye, Chukwuemeka U ^a   Agwu, Agwu E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b African Institute for Applied Economics (AIAE)   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Beekeeping; Environmental sustainability; Honey hunting

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BEEKEEPING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOCUS GROUPS; HONEY HUNTING; LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS; MULTI-PURPOSE; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS; QUANTITATIVE APPROACH; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIA; TREE BRANCHES; TREE SPECIES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FORESTRY;

AGROFORESTRY; APICULTURE; BEE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HARVESTING; NATIONAL PLANNING; NATURAL RESOURCE; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TREES;

AFRICA; ENUGU [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

APOIDEA; BRACHYSTEGIA; DIALIUM GUINEENSE; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS; ERYTHROPHLEUM; IRVINGIA GABONENSIS; STRYCHNOS; STRYCHNOS SPINOSA;

EID: 67449155800     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10549810701879685     Document Type: Article

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