Sweet, sticky, and sustainable social business

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Ingram, Verina ^a,b   Njikeu, Justin ^c,d  

^a Centre for International Forestry Research

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c PAELLA E Cameroun ^*

^d Institut de Théologie Protestante de Ndoungué

Author keywords

Apiculture; Cameroon; Nontimber forest products (NTFPs); Poverty; Value chain

Indexed keywords

APICULTURE; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POVERTY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CAMEROON;

EID: 79954555244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03930-160137     Document Type: Article

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