An empirical analysis of the biodiversity and economic returns to cocoa agroforests in southern cameroon

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 638-670

  Gockowski, James ^a   Tchatat, Mathurin ^b   Jean Paul, Dondjang ^c   Hietet, Gisele ^d   Fouda, Terese ^c  

^a NATIONAL NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Biodiversity; Cocoa agroforests; Poverty reduction; Southern cameroon; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; CAMEROON; COCOA AGROFORESTS; POVERTY REDUCTION; TRADE-OFFS;

ANIMALS; BEVERAGES; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION; ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; ROOM AND PILLAR MINING;

BIODIVERSITY;

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; COCOA; POVERTY; RURAL ECONOMY; TRADE-OFF;

CAMEROON;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 77958070969     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10549811003739486     Document Type: Article

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