Small-Scale Mehedi (Lawsonia inermis L.) farming in the central Bangladesh: A promising NTFP-based rural livelihood outside the forests

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-105

  Chowdhury, Mohammad Shaheed Hossain ^a   Rahman, Md Mizanur ^b   Koike, Masao ^a   Muhammed, Nur ^c   Salahuddin, Kazi Mohammad ^b   Halim, Md Abdul ^b   Saha, Narayan ^b   Rana, Md Parvez ^b   Islam, Md Jahirul ^d  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHAHJALAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Henna body art; Indigenous knowledge; Mehedi; NTFP

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; FARMING SYSTEM; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARKETING; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; RURAL ECONOMY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

BANGLADESH;

LAWSONIA INERMIS;

EID: 76649113734     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-009-9104-4     Document Type: Article

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