Factors influencing the integration of non-timber forest products into field crop cultivation: A case study from eastern nepal

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 671-695

  Pandit, Bishnu Hari ^a   Kumar, Chetan ^b,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arundinaria intermedia; Asparagus racemosus; Cinnamomum tamala; Cost benefit analysis; Eastern nepal; Institutional constraints; Ntfp domestication; Ntfp policy; Swertia chirayita; Texus baccata

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; CINNAMOMUM TAMALA; EASTERN NEPAL; INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS; INTERMEDIA; NTFP DOMESTICATION; NTFP POLICY; SWERTIA CHIRAYITA; TEXUS BACCATA;

BAMBOO; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; CROPS; FORESTRY; INTEGRATION; LANDFORMS; PROFITABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SURVEYS; TIMBER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; DOMESTICATION; FORESTRY POLICY; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; PROFITABILITY;

NEPAL;

ARUNDINARIA; ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CINNAMOMUM; CINNAMOMUM TAMALA; SWERTIA;

EID: 77958068365     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10549811003741599     Document Type: Article

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