Smallholder Agroforestry in Rwanda: A SWOT-AHP Analysis

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 285-300

  Stainback, G Andrew ^a   Masozera, Michel ^b   Mukuralinda, Athanase ^c   Dwivedi, Puneet ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Rwanda)

^c World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)   (Rwanda)

^d Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Rwanda; Smallholder farmers; SWOT AHP

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGROFORESTRY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; ASSESSMENT METHOD; SMALLHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

RWANDA;

EID: 84865612471     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-011-9184-9     Document Type: Article

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