Invasive plants - friends or foes? contribution of prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) to livelihoods in Makana Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-193

  Shackleton, Sheona ^a   Kirby, David ^a   Gambiza, James ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Invasive species; Livelihoods; Local trade; Opuntia; Poverty; Prickly pear

Indexed keywords

FRUIT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIONAL TRADE; POVERTY; TRADE-OFF;

EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA;

EID: 79956131421     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2011.570065     Document Type: Article

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