Farm forestry prospects among some local communities in Rachuonyo District, Kenya

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 297-316

  Appiah, Mark ^a   Pappinen, Ari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b KARELIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Farm forestry development; Forest products; Income; Livelihood; Preferred species; Target group

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOR; CROPPING PRACTICE; FOREST PRODUCT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROUP SELECTION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TREE PLANTING;

KENYA; NYANZA; RACHUONYO;

EID: 77955231193     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-010-9117-z     Document Type: Article

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