Drivers of adoption of eucalypt tree farming by smallholders in Thailand

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-189

  Boulay, Axelle ^a   Tacconi, Luca ^b   Kanowski, Peter ^c  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adoption of tree farming; Afforestation; Eucalyptus; Forestry economics; Smallholders; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPING WORLD; EVERGREEN TREE; LAND USE; PERCEPTION; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMALLHOLDER; SURVEY;

THAILAND;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 84857050155     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-011-9451-y     Document Type: Article

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