Expansion of Eucalypt Farm Forestry and Its Determinants in Arsi Negelle District, South Central Ethiopia

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 389-405

  Jenbere, Dereje ^a   Lemenih, Mulugeta ^b   Kassa, Habtemariam ^c  

^a Wondo Genet College of Forestry   (Ethiopia)

^b International Water Management Institute IWMI   (Ethiopia)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Area under eucalypts; Farm income; Perceptions on eucalypt; Proximity to forest; Proximity to market; Wealth status

Indexed keywords

FOREST PRODUCT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; INCOME; PERCEPTION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; STAKEHOLDER; TREE PLANTING;

ETHIOPIA; NEGELE;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 84865593338     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-011-9191-x     Document Type: Article

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