Fruits from shade trees in coffee: How important are they?

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-49

  Rice, Robert A ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Farm income; Fruits; Guatemala; Peru; Shade coffee

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGROFORESTRY; COFFEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FRUIT; INCOME; SHADING;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PERU;

EID: 79960935165     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-011-9385-4     Document Type: Article

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