Income generation from wild mushrooms in marginal rural areas

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 221-226

  Cai, Mattia ^a   Pettenella, Davide ^a   Vidale, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Income generation; North Karelia; Rural development; Wild mushrooms

Indexed keywords

EASTERN FINLAND; FINLAND; HOME CONSUMPTION; INCOME GENERATION; LOCAL MARKETS; NORTH KARELIA; RURAL COMMUNITY; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VALUE CHAINS; WILD MUSHROOMS;

INTERNATIONAL TRADE; REGIONAL PLANNING; RURAL AREAS;

FUNGI;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; BOLETUS EDULIS; BOLETUS PINOPHILUS; FUNGI;

EID: 79952448324     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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