Household and local forest impacts of Morocco's argan oil bonanza

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 439-464

  Lybbert, Travis J ^a   Magnan, Nicholas ^b   Aboudrare, Abdellah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE   (Morocco)

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EID: 77955849571     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X10000136     Document Type: Article

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