Analysis of the economic benefits from systematic improvements to shifting cultivation and its evolution towards stable continuous agroforestry in the upland of Eastern Bangladesh

International Forestry Review

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 536-547

  Rahman, S A ^a   Rahman, M F ^a   Codilan, A L ^b   Farhana, K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Economic benefit; Environment; Poverty; Shifting cultivation

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ARABLE FARMING; BIODIVERSITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; POVERTY DETERMINANT; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SUSTAINABILITY; UPLAND REGION;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67549129091     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.9.1.536     Document Type: Article

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