Impacts of public policies and farmer preferences on agroforestry practices in Kerala, India

Environmental Management

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 351-364

  Guillerme, S ^a   Kumar, B M ^a,b   Menon, A ^c   Hinnewinkel, C ^d,e   Maire, E ^a,e   Santhoshkumar, A V ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c MADRAS INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (India)

^d University of Tours   (France)

^e FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

Author keywords

Agrobiodiversity; Farmers' perception; Farming practices; Landscape dynamics; Trees outside forest

Indexed keywords

AGROBIODIVERSITY; FARMERS' PERCEPTION; FARMING PRACTICES; LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS; TREES OUTSIDE FOREST;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECONOMICS; LAND USE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PUBLIC POLICY; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; CROPPING PRACTICE; FARMERS ATTITUDE; LAND TENURE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PERCEPTION; RURAL POLICY;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGROFORESTRY; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERCROPPING; LAND USE; LEGAL ASPECT; POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; PUBLIC POLICY;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; CULTURE MEDIA; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXTRACTIVES; INDIA; LAND USE; PERCEPTION; PLANTS;

INDIA; KERALA;

EID: 79960970175     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9628-1     Document Type: Article

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