Trees outside forests and rural livelihoods: A study of Chitwan District, Nepal

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 393-407

  Regmi, Bishwa N ^a   Garforth, Chris ^b  

^a Nepal Agroforestry Foundation   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Farmland; Forest policy; Households; Nepal; Rural livelihoods; Trees

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FINANCIAL SERVICES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SEEDLING; STATE ROLE;

CHITWAN; NARAYANI; NEPAL;

EID: 77953871494     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-010-9292-0     Document Type: Article

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