Commodity Chain of Frankincense from the Dry Woodlands of Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan State, Sudan

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 365-388

  Abtew, Asmamaw Alemu ^a   Pretzsch, Jürgen ^a   El Sheikh Mohmoud, Tarig ^b   Adam, Yahia Omar ^c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Access mechanisms; Actors; Benefit distribution; Commercialization margin; Frankincense; Value added

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; COMMODITY MARKET; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; MARKETING; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; RAPID RURAL APPRAISAL; SUSTAINABILITY;

NUBA MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN KORDOFAN; SUDAN;

BOSWELLIA; BOSWELLIA PAPYRIFERA; BOSWELLIA SACRA;

EID: 84865593719     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-011-9189-4     Document Type: Article

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