The drivers of contract eucalypt farming in Thailand

International Forestry Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Boulay, A ^a   Tacconi, L ^b  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

contract farming; eucalypts; outgrower scheme; smallholder tree growing; Thailand

Indexed keywords

CONTRACT FARMING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND TENURE; PLANTATION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SMALLHOLDER; SOCIAL IMPACT; TENURE SYSTEM; TREE PLANTING; WOODY PLANT;

THAILAND;

EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 84859057496     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/146554812799973190     Document Type: Review

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