Community assessment of agroforestry opportunities in GaMothiba, South Africa

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 267-278

  Kelso, Anna ^a   Jacobson, Michael ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University ^*  (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based natural resource management; Participatory rural appraisal; Rural livelihoods; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LAND RIGHTS; NATURAL RESOURCE; PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISAL; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GA-MOTHIBA; LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 82955198434     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-011-9384-5     Document Type: Article

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