Rubber agroforests' profitability, the importance of secondary products

Forests Trees and Livelihoods

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-84

  Lehébel Péron, Ameline ^a   Feintrenie, Laurene ^b   Levang, Patrice ^c  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Cameroon   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Complex agroforestry system; Economic modeling; Hevea brasiliensis; Indonesia; Non timber forest product; Parkia speciosa; Sumatra

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGROFORESTRY; ECONOMETRICS; HARVESTING; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; PLANTATION; PROFITABILITY; RUBBER; SMALLHOLDER;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; PARKIA SPECIOSA;

EID: 79960209924     PISSN: 14728028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14728028.2011.9756698     Document Type: Article

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