Financial attractiveness of smallholder tree plantations in the Amazon: Bridging external expectations and local realities

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 361-375

  Hoch, L ^a   Pokorny, B ^a   de Jong, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Amazon; Cost benefit analysis; Low input initiatives; Smallholders; Tree plantations

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL SERVICES; HARVESTING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PLANTATION; SMALLHOLDER; TIMBER;

AMAZONIA; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; ECUADOR; PERU;

EID: 84857894398     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-012-9480-1     Document Type: Article

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