The political ecology of land management in the oil palm based cropping system on the Adja plateau in Benin

NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

Volumn 60-63, Issue , 2012, Pages 91-99

  Yemadje, R H ^a,b   Crane, T A ^a   Vissoh, P V ^b   Mongbo, R L ^b   Richards, P ^a   Kossou, D K ^b   Kuyper, T W ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

Author keywords

Benin; Bricolage; Customary land rights; Institutions; Oil palm fallow; Political ecology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROPPING PRACTICE; EVERGREEN TREE; FALLOW; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNER; LEGAL SYSTEM; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL FERTILITY;

BENIN [WEST AFRICA];

ELAEIS;

EID: 84867689795     PISSN: 15735214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.njas.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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