Community mobilisation for improved livelihoods through tree crop management in Niger

GeoJournal

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 377-389

  Tougiani, Abasse ^a   Guero, Chaibou ^b   Rinaudo, Tony ^c  

^a National Agricultural Research Institute of Niger Republic   (Niger)

^b International Fund for Agricultural Development   (Italy)

^c WORLD VISION AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Community based natural resource management; Desertification; Participatory approaches; Poverty alleviation; Revegetation; Sahel

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; COMMUNITY BASED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DESERTIFICATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SAHEL;

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; CROPS; DROUGHT; REFORESTATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVEGETATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; STORMS;

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

AGROFORESTRY; COLLECTIVE ACTION; DESERTIFICATION; FOOD SECURITY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; PEST OUTBREAK; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; REFORESTATION; RURAL AREA; SEMIARID REGION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; TREE PLANTING;

CONSERVATION; DROUGHT; FARM CROPS; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; METEOROLOGY; NATURAL RESOURCES; REFORESTATION; SOIL;

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

EID: 70350596692     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-008-9228-7     Document Type: Article

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