Jatropha curcas: Sowing local seeds of success in Malawi?. In response to Achten et al. (2010)

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 79, Issue , 2012, Pages 107-110

  Dyer, J C ^a   Stringer, L C ^a   Dougill, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Biofuels; Climate change mitigation; Food security; Livelihoods

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVATION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FOOD SECURITY; INCOME; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MITIGATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; RESEARCH WORK; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SEED; SOWING; SUSTAINABILITY;

MALAWI;

JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCAS;

EID: 84855971078     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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