Commercialization of non-timber forest products in Ghana: Processing, packaging and marketing

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 962-969

  Ahenkan, Albert ^a   Boon, Emanuel ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Commercialization; Food security; Labeling; Livelihood improvement; Marketing; Non timber forest products; Nutrition; Packaging; Poverty reduction; Processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOOD SECURITY; FOREST; GHANA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARKETING; NON TIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; NORMAL HUMAN; PACKAGING; POVERTY; PROCESSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 77952852165     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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