Opportunities for enhancing poor women's socioeconomic empowerment in the value chains of three African non-timber forest products (NTFPs)

International Forestry Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 136-151

  Shackleton, S ^a   Paumgarten, F ^b,c   Kassa, H ^b   Husselman, M ^b   Zida, M ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

gender; gum arabic; gum olibanum; honey; NTFPs; value chains

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; EMPOWERMENT; FOREST PRODUCT; INFORMAL SECTOR; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PARTICIPATION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STAKEHOLDER; WOMENS STATUS;

BURKINA FASO; ETHIOPIA; ZAMBIA;

ACACIA SENEGAL; BOSWELLIA SACRA;

EID: 80054707188     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/146554811797406642     Document Type: Article

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