Household decision-making in agroforestry parklands of Sudano-Sahelian Mali

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 247-261

  Assé, Rainer ^a   Lassoie, James P ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry parklands; Decision making; Local knowledge; Sudano Sahel

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AGROECOLOGY; AGROFORESTRY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CROPPING PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DICOTYLEDON; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FOREST RESOURCE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LEGUME; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOIL FERTILITY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; TYPOLOGY;

MALI; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUDAN;

CORDYLA PINNATA; VITELLARIA PARADOXA;

EID: 79958294486     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-011-9395-2     Document Type: Article

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