Incorporating agroforestry approaches into commodity value chains

Environmental Management

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 365-377

  Millard, Edward ^a  

^a RAINFOREST ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Brands; Certification; Markets; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES; AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; BRANDS; CERTIFICATION; CERTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES; FORESTED LANDSCAPES; INTERNATIONAL COMPANY; INTERNATIONAL MARKETS; LANDSCAPE DESIGN; LATIN AMERICA; MARKET-BASED APPROACH; MARKETS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS; VALUE CHAINS;

BEVERAGES; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PROFITABILITY; SUPPLY CHAINS;

AGRICULTURE;

AGROFORESTRY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; COCOA; COFFEE; COMMODITY MARKET; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; PROFITABILITY; SHADE TOLERANCE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGROFORESTRY; CACAO; CERTIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COFFEE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MARKETING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTRY;

AFRICA; LATIN AMERICA;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 79960960988     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9685-5     Document Type: Review

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