Economics and employment generation of bamboo-based enterprises: A case study from eastern bangladesh

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-51

  Rana, M Parvez ^a   Mukul, Sharif Ahmed ^b   Sohel, M Shawkat Islam ^a   Chowdhury, Mohammad Shaheed Hossain ^c   Akhter, Sayma ^a   Chowdhury, M Qumruzzaman ^a   Koike, Masao ^c  

^a SHAHJALAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Faculty of Agriculture   (Japan)

Author keywords

Labour condition; Marketing channel; Non timber forest product; Small scale enterprise

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; ENTREPRENEUR; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; MARKETING; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; PROFITABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SUBURBAN AREA; WAGE DETERMINATION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

BANGLADESH;

BAMBUSA; BAMBUSA BALCOOA;

EID: 76649100736     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-009-9100-8     Document Type: Article

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