Non-timber forest products farming and empowerment of rural women in Ghana

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 863-878

  Ahenkan, Albert ^a   Boon, Emmanuel ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Economic empowerment; Employment; Food security; Income; Non timber forest products; Poverty reduction

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; COMMERCIALIZATION; CORRELATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD SECURITY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL AREA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

GHANA;

EID: 80052528184     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-011-9295-7     Document Type: Article

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