Can commercialization of NTFPs alleviate poverty? A case study of Ricinodendron heudelotii (Baill.) Pierre ex Pax. kernel marketing in Cameroon

Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-56

  Cosyns, Hannes ^a   Degrande, Ann ^b   De Wulf, Robert ^a   Van Damme, Patrick ^b   Tchoundjeu, Zac ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Commercialization; Income; Market; NTFP; Ricinodendron heudelotii; Rural development

Indexed keywords

RICINODENDRON HEUDELOTII;

EID: 84858977216     PISSN: 16129830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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