Carbon stock and sequestration potential of agroforestry systems in smallholder agroecosystems of sub-Saharan Africa: Mechanisms for 'reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation' (REDD+)

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 158, Issue , 2012, Pages 172-183

  Thangata, P H ^a   Hildebrand, P E ^b  

^a International Food Policy Research Institute IFPRI   (Ethiopia)

^b Food and Resource Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Carbon sequestration; Ethnographic linear programming; Malawi; Modeling; REDD mechanism; Smallholder agroecosystems

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGROFORESTRY; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEFORESTATION; FALLOW; FARM; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL FERTILITY; TROPICAL REGION;

MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84863499348     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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